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Table 3 Effect of particle size and sugar cane bagasse on broilers growth performance¹

From: Upregulation of genes encoding digestive enzymes and nutrient transporters in the digestive system of broiler chickens by dietary supplementation of fiber and inclusion of coarse particle size corn

Treatments			D0–10			D10–24
Particle size	SB	FCR	Weight gain (g/bird)	Feed intake (g/bird)	FCR	Weight gain (g/bird)	Feed intake (g/bird)
CC	0%	1.049	277	290	1.332^a	1158	1542
FC	0%	1.053	279	294	1.333^a	1181	1573
CC	2%	1.072	267	287	1.280^b	1233	1579
FC	2%	1.074	281	302	1.351^a	1189	1606
Main effect
SB
0%		1.050^b	278	292	1.332	1169^b	1557
2%		1.073^a	274	294	1.316	1211^a	1593
Particle size
CC		1.061	272^b	288^b	1.306^b	1196	1560
FC		1.063	280^a	298^a	1.342^a	1185	1590
P value
SB		0.005	0.279	0.557	0.143	0.037	0.171
Particle size		0.713	0.020	0.019	0.003	0.582	0.251
SB × particle size		0.877	0.097	0.134	0.004	0.090	0.940

¹Within a column, values with different superscripts are significantly different from each other at P < 0.05

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