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Table 2 Effects of Clostridium butyricum on growth performance of Pekin ducks at 42d

From: RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis of breast muscle in Pekin ducks supplemented with the dietary probiotic Clostridium butyricum

Parameters

Control

Treatment

AMB (kg)

2.96 ± 0.07a

3.20 ± 0.07b

ADG (g/d)

77.4 ± 0.17a

81.8 ± 0.25b

ADFI (g/d)

152.00 ± 1.00a

144.00 ± 2.65b

FCR (g/g)

1.96 ± 0.01a

1.76 ± 0.03b

Breast muscle (%)

3.76 ± 0.28a

4.24 ± 0.01b

  1. Values are mean ± SD of 12 independent determinations;
  2. Means with different superscript letters a, b indicate that there are significant differences (P < 0.05) between two groups in the same row
  3. ABW Average body weight, ADG Average daily gain, ADFI Average daily feed intake, FCR Feed conversion ratio