Table 2.
Comparison on body weight gain, feed intake, and feed conversion ratio of four Korean indigenous commercial chickens

Treatments	Weeks
Treatments	0~2	2~4	4~6	6~8	8~10	10~12	0~12
---------- Body weight gain (g) ----------
G	188.5^a	383.3^{^a}	424.1^{^b}	456.2^{^b}	575.9^{^b}	377.2^{^a}	2,405^{^b}
V	194.0^{^a}	388.6^{^a}	536.4^{^a}	435.9^{^b}	607.4^{^a}	388.0^{^a}	2,550^{^a}
S	140.4^{^b}	322.6^{^b}	255.7^{^d}	329.8^{^c}	329.6^{^c}	286.8^{^b}	1,665^{^d}
W	140.6^{^b}	386.2^{^a}	287.8^{^c}	524.8^{^a}	275.6^{^d}	296.5^{^b}	1,912^{^c}
SEM^¹	14.81	18.31	25.69	37.31	24.65	39.11	86.9
P-Value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
---------- Feed intake (g) ----------
G	335.4^{^a}	834.5	945.4	1,285^{^a}	1,398^{^a}	1,514^{^a}	6,312^{^a}
V	338.2^{^a}	917.3	1,045	1,299^{^a}	1,484^{^a}	1,594^{^a}	6,679^{^a}
S	251.1^{^b}	793.2	960.7	1,101^{^b}	1,194^{^b}	945.5^{^c}	5,246^{^c}
W	257.5^{^b}	852.4	979.1	1,179^{^b}	1,225^{^b}	1,260^{^b}	5,752^{^b}
SEM	32.28	131.57	81.59	79.25	104.6	104.9	360.1
P-Value	<0.001	NS	NS	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
---------- Feed conversion ratio ----------
G	1.77	2.18	2.23^{^b}	2.83^{^b}	2.43^{^c}	4.02	2.63^{^b}
V	1.74	2.36	1.96^{^b}	3.00^{^b}	2.45^{^c}	4.17	2.62^{^b}
S	1.79	2.46	3.79^{^a}	3.36^{^a}	3.64^{^b}	3.39	3.15^{^a}
W	1.83	2.21	3.44^{^a}	2.25^{^c}	4.51^{^a}	4.29	3.01^{^a}
SEM	0.079	0.355	0.414	0.287	0.455	0.521	0.157
P-Value	NS	NS	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	NS	<0.001

SEM, standard error of means (n=16).
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.01, P<0.05).