Table 2.
Effect of dietary supplementation of ginseng by-products on body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio in broilers

Items	Treatments²
Items	CON	GB1	GB2	GLS1	GLS2	SEM¹
Grower (0~21 d)
Weight gain (g/bird)	759.3^b	809.4^a	820.8^a	821.7^a	804.5^a	21.23
Feed intake (g/bird)	1,118.3	1,133.9	1,117.2	1,133.3	1,119.8	23.01
FCR (feed/gain)	1.47^a	1.40^b	1.36^b	1.38^b	1.39^b	0.036
Finisher (22~35 d)
Weight gain (g/bird)	1528.6	1470.0	1489.4	1532.2	1508.4	52.66
Feed intake (g/bird)	2,207.9^b	2,204.8^b	2,199.7^b	2,203.3^b	2,284.3^a	32.01
FCR (feed/gain)	1.44	1.50	1.48	1.44	1.51	0.035
Overall (0~35 d)
Weight gain (g/bird)	2,287.9	2,279.4	2,310.2	2,353.9	2,312.8	56.66
Feed intake (g/bird)	3,326.2	3,338.7	3,316.9	3,336.3	3,404.7	39.01
FCR (feed/gain)	1.45	1.47	1.44	1.42	1.47	0.022

Values with different superscript within the same row significantly differ (P<0.05).
CON, basal diet; GB1, basal diet + ginseng berry 0.5%; GB2, basal diet + ginseng berry 1.0%; GLS1, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 0.5%; GLS2, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 1.0%.
SEM, standard error of means.