Table 4. Effect of dietary energy levels and bedding materials on feed conversion ratio in male and female slow-growing Korean meat-type chicken (Hanhyop 3)

Treatments			Feed conversion ratio (F/G)
Sex	Bedding	Energy	11~25 d	26~40 d	41~55 d	56~75 d	Overall 11~75 d
Male	Rice husks	High	1.59^ab	2.83^de	2.02^ab	3.33^ab	2.42^bc
	Rice husks	Low	1.63^ab	3.20^cde	2.10^ab	3.14^bc	2.46^ab
	Saw dust	High	1.57^ab	2.88^ab	1.93^b	3.06^c	2.36^c
	Saw dust	Low	1.67^a	3.08^e	1.97^ab	3.32^ab	2.45^b
Female	Rice husks	High	1.56^b	2.73^e	2.01^ab	3.43^a	2.41^bc
	Rice husks	Low	1.65^ab	3.04^abc	2.13^a	3.26^abc	2.53^a
	Saw dust	High	1.60^ab	2.77^e	1.93^b	3.24^abc	2.36^c
	Saw dust	Low	1.65^ab	2.95^bcd	1.93^b	3.23^abc	2.41^bc
SEM			0.06	0.11	0.11	0.16	0.05
Main effect (P values)		Sex	NS	0.004	NS	NS	NS
		Bedding	NS	NS	0.003	NS	0.004
		Energy	0.005	<0.0001	NS	NS	0.0004
		S×B	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
		S×E	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
		B×E	NS	NS	NS	0.013	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).