Table 3. Effect of dietary energy levels and bedding materials on feed intake of male and female slow-growing Korean meat-type chicken (Hanhyop 3)
Treatments | Feed intake (g/period/bird) |
Sex | Bedding | Energy | 11~25 d | 26~40 d | 41~55 d | 56~75 d | Overall 11~75 d |
Male | Rice husks | High | 611ab | 1,021a | 2,242a | 2,239bc | 6,114a |
Low | 639a | 954ab | 2,063bc | 2,178c | 5,835b |
Saw dust | High | 578bc | 999a | 1,978c | 2,409a | 5,963ab |
Low | 630a | 1,000a | 2,108b | 2,356ab | 6,093a |
Female | Rice husks | High | 558c | 972ab | 1,593d | 1,706e | 4,830d |
Low | 577bc | 892b | 1,678d | 2,131c | 5,278c |
Saw dust | High | 561c | 935ab | 1,616d | 1,766e | 4,878d |
Low | 556c | 950ab | 1,606d | 1,899d | 5,010d |
SEM | 29 | 56 | 82 | 83 | 159 |
Main effect(P-values) | Sex | <0.0001 | 0.008 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
Bedding | NS | NS | 0.065 | NS | NS |
Energy | 0.031 | NS | NS | 0.002 | NS |
S×B | NS | NS | NS | 0.001 | NS |
S×E | NS | NS | NS | <0.0001 | 0.011 |
B×E | NS | 0.048 | NS | 0.038 | NS |
Abbreviations, S×B: Sex×Bedding, S×E: Sex×Energy, B×E: Bedding×Energy, NS: Not significant.
Means with different superscripts in the same row differ (P<0.05).