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