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Table 1 Growth performance on day 16 of ducks in the pantothenic acid-deficient (PAD) and control (CON) group

From: Severe pantothenic acid deficiency induces alterations in the intestinal mucosal proteome of starter Pekin ducks

Variable

PAD

CON

SEM

P-value

Mortality (%)

68.7a

0b

3.16

< 0.001

ADG (g/d)

10.6b

31.3a

1.13

< 0.001

ADFI (g/d)

16.8b

40.1b

1.30

< 0.001

FCR (g:g)

1.66a

1.28b

0.03

< 0.001

  1. ADG, average daily weight gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; and SEM, standard error of the mean
  2. a, b Mean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05). Data were analyzed by the Student’s t test. Data are expressed as mean and SEM (n = 8)
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