Oxidative Stability of the Meat of Broilers Fed Diets Supplemented with Various Levels of Blackcurrant Extract (Ribes nigrum L.) during Different Time Period

Table 3

Effect of experimental treatments on body performance indices of broiler chickens.

Group	Treatment	BWG (g) d 15–35	FCR (kg feed/kg BW gain) d 15–35	Mortality rate (%) d 15–35
Concentration (C) (g/kg)
0.00		1364	1.67	0.00
1.25		1321	1.80	4.17
2.50		1249	1.86	4.17
Period of supplementation (PS)
Control		1364	1.67	0.00
25–35 d (10 d)		1284	1.86	8.33
15–35 d (20 d)		1286	1.80	0.00
SEM		18.842	0.034	1.982
value
Concentration (C)		0.085	0.382	1.000
Period (PS)		0.957	0.390	0.070
Interaction C x PS		0.627	0.034	1.000

^a.bMeans in the column with different superscripts differ significantly at . ^A.BMeans in the column with different superscripts differ significantly at .