Veterinary Medicine International / 2023 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
The Effects of Lactobacillus farciminis and Lactobacillus rhamnosus on Growth, Blood Biochemical, and Meat Quality Indicators of Specific Pathogen-Free Broiler Chickens Table 2 Mean and 95% confidence interval of the live body weight, average daily weight gain, cumulative feed intake, and feed conversion ratio of broilers until day 35.
Parameters Periods (day) Control group mean (95% confidence interval) Probiotic group mean (95% confidence interval) Live body weight (g) 0 43.8 (42.1–45.5) 44.5 (42.5–46.4) 0.945 7 229.2 (225.6–232.8) 216.7 (216.4–223.1) 0.831 14 582.2 (572.8–591.5) 588.6 (578.9–598.1) 0.834 21 1154.1 (1136.7–1171.5) 1166.2 (1147.4–1184.9) 0.979 28 1957.7 (1931.0–1984.4) 1961.9 (1935.0–1988.9) 0.989 35 2828.0 (2784.2–2871.8) 2835.7 (2791.7–2879.7) 0.947 Average daily weight gain (g) 1–7 23.8 (17.7–29.9) 23.5 (18.9–28.0) 0.867 8–14 53.0 (43.9–62.0) 54.1 (41.6–66.6) 0.770 15–21 83.7 (66.4–101.1) 85.1 (62.0–108.3) 0.845 22–28 112.7 (90.6–134.8) 111.0 (87.3–134.7) 0.833 29–35 124.3 (110.6–138.0) 124.8 (99.6–149.9) 0.947 Cumulative feed intake (g) 1–7 219.2 (206.3–232.1) 218.3 (205.9–230.6) 0.829 8–14 640.2 (600.8–679.7) 639.1 (592.3–681.9) 0.832 15–21 1323.6 (1225.5–1421.7) 1322.8 (1234.6–1410.9) 0.979 22–28 2344.9 (2284.7–2405.1) 2344.9 (2263.2–2426.6) 0.999 29–35 3620.3 (3456.2–3784.5) 3601.9 (3346.1–3857.8) 0.807 Feed conversion ratio 1–7 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 0.998 8–14 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 0.794 15–21 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 0.835 22–28 1.2 (1.1–1.3) 1.2 (1.1–1.3) 0.944 29–35 1.3 (1.2–1.4) 1.3 (1.2–1.4) 0.757