Effect of Terminalia catappa Fruit Meal Fermented by Aspergillus niger as Replacement of Maize on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, and Serum Biochemical Profile of Broiler Chickens

Table 3

Effect of fermented Terminalia catappa fruit meal (FTCM) replacement for maize on growth performance of broilers at 42 days of age.

Parameters	Levels of FTCM replacement for maize (FRM)
	Control	20% FRM	40% FRM	60% FRM	80% FRM	SEM
Feed intake (g per chicken day^-1)	56.80a	55.90a	56.80b	52.60a	49.80c	2.40
Weight gain (g per chicken day^-1)	21.0a	19.60a	19.40a	15.60b	14.70b	1.60
Feed: gain ratio (gg^-1)	2.70b	2.85b	2.93b	3.57a	3.39a	0.80

a,b,cTreatment means in the same row with different letters are significantly different at 𝑃<.05. SEMs, standard error of means.