Effect of Crumble-Pellet and Mash Diets with Different Levels of Dietary Protein and Energy on the Performance of Broilers at the End of the Third Week

Table 3

The effect of energy, protein, and feed form and their interactions on the performance of broilers fed mash and crumble-pellet diet treatments.

	E*P*F	P*F	E*F	E*P	F	P	E
BW(1st wk)	NS	NS	**	NS	***	***	NS
BW(2nd wk)	NS	NS	***	NS	***	***	*
BW(3rd wk)	NS	NS	***	NS	***	***	***
FCR(1st wk)	NS	NS	*	NS	***	NS	**
FCR(2nd wk)	NS	NS	**	NS	***	***	***
FCR(3rd wk)	NS	NS	***	NS	***	***	***

NS = nonsignificant; * 𝑃<.05; ** 𝑃<.01; ***𝑃<.001.
E: energy; P: protein; F: feed form; E*P: counteraction between energy and protein; E*F: interaction between energy and feed form; P*F: interaction between protein and feed form; E*P*F: interaction between energy, protein, and feed form.