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Table 5 The effects of dietary treatments on nutrient utilisation from 28 to 30 d post-hatch

From: Sorghum surpasses wheat as a feed grain for broiler chickens following dietary crude protein reductions

Treatment

Nutrient utilisation

CP

Grain

AME, MJ/kg DM

AME:GE, MJ/MJ

N retention, %

AMEn, MJ/kg DM

205

Wheat

12.75

0.788

64.4

11.34

Sorghum

12.52

0.773

63.8

11.22

175

Wheat

12.78

0.787

68.3

11.36

Sorghum

12.66

0.778

71.0

11.20

SEM

 

0.185

0.0134

1.39

0.189

Main effects: CP

 205

12.63

0.781

64.1b

11.28

 175

12.72

0.782

69.7a

11.28

Main effects: Grain

    

 Wheat

12.76

0.788

66.4

11.35

 Sorghum

12.59

0.775

67.4

11.21

Significance (P)

 Crude protein (CP)

0.667

0.892

 < 0.001

0.991

 Feed grain (FG)

0.352

0.357

0.464

0.464

 CP × FG interaction

0.790

0.837

0.243

0.943

  1. Means within columns not sharing a similar superscript are significantly different at the 5% level of probability
  2. SEM Standard error of mean