Effect of dietary oridonin supplementation on growth performance, gut health, and immune response of broilers infected with Salmonella pullorum

Table 2 Effect of oridonin on growth performance of broilers challenged with S. pullorum

Items	Diet^b					SEM^c	P-value
Items	CON	SCC	O1	O2	O3	SEM^c	P-value
BWG^a, g/bird
d 1 to 7	95.5	94.8	96.7	104.1	110.6	2.02	0.578
d 8 to 14	189.4	178.8	192.1	195.4	196.4	2.48	0.297
d 15 to 21	336.2	334.8	338.7	342.7	342.9	2.20	0.948
FI^a, g/bird
d 1 to 7	113.2	114.7	108.3	114.5	119.5	2.75	0.767
d 8 to 14	276.5	273.5	278.6	277.4	276.9	7.23	0.998
d 15 to 21	556.5	572.6	548.6	552.3	552.2	7.23	0.768
FCR^a, g feed intake/g weight gain
d 1 to 7	1.19	1.21	1.12	1.10	1.08	0.03	0.878
d 8 to 14	1.46	1.55	1.45	1.42	1.41	0.05	0.908
d 15 to 21	1.65	1.71	1.62	1.61	1.61	0.03	0.815
Mortality, %
d 1 to 21	1.14	4.57	2.03	1.49	1.28	1.05	0.583

^aBWG = Body weight gain; FI = feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio
^bCON = nonchallenge control, SCC = Salmonella-challenged control, O1 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 50 mg/kg ORI; O2 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 80 mg/kg ORI, O3 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 100 mg/kg ORI
^cSEM = standard error of mean

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