Table 2 The impact of several nutritional treatments on the grower (11-25d), finisher (26-33d), and overall periods (11-33d).

From: Influence of nano silicon dioxide from sand and rice straw ash on broiler productivity, antioxidant status and bone quality

Item		Start weight (g, 10d)	Grower period (11–25)			Finisher period (26–33)			Overall period (11–33)
Item		Start weight (g, 10d)	WG(g)	FI (g)	FCR	WG(g)	FI (g)	FCR	WG(g)	FI (g)	FCR
	Ctrl	310	1147^b	1874	1.63^a	394^d	694	1.76^a	1541^c	2568	1.67^a
300ppm	T2(Sand)	315	1278^ab	1889	1.48^ab	410^d	696	1.70^ab	1688^b	2585	1.53^b
	T3 (Ash)	312	1276^ab	1907	1.49^ab	415^d	709	1.71^ab	1691^b	2616	1.55^b
	T4 (NSis)	309	1341^a	1856	1.38^b	464^c	720	1.55^c	1805^a	2576	1.43^c
	T5 (NSia)	308	1387^a	1869	1.35^b	472^c	740	1.57^c	1859^a	2609	1.40^c
600ppm	T6(Sand)	309	1286^ab	1860	1.45^ab	397^d	683	1.72^ab	1683^b	2543	1.51^b
	T7 (Ash)	310	1288^ab	1889	1.47^ab	408^d	676	1.66^ab	1696^b	2565	1.52^b
	T8 (NSis)	310	1368^a	1818	1.33^b	487^b	687	1.41^d	1855^a	2505	1.35^c
	T9 (NSia)	313	1406^a	1843	1.31^b	511^a	723	1.42^d	1917^a	2566	1.34^c
Significance		NS	**	NS	**	***	NS	***	***	NS	***
SE		± 0.84	± 19.18	± 7.77	± 0.02	± 8.23	± 5.72	± 0.02	± 25.64	± 10.22	± 0.02
Main effects
Source
CTRL		310	1147^c	1874	1.63^a	394^b	694	1.76^a	1541^c	2568	1.67^a
Sand		312	1282^b	1875	1.47^b	404^b	690	1.71^a	1686^b	2564	1.52^b
Ash		311	1282^b	1898	1.48^b	412^b	693	1.69^a	1694^b	2591	1.54^b
NSis		310	1355^a	1837	1.36^c	476^a	704	1.48^b	1830^a	2541	1.39^c
NSia		311	1397^a	1856	1.33^c	492^a	732	1.50^b	1888^a	2588	1.37^c
SE of means		± 4.81	± 23.82	± 14.76	± 0.03	± 10.70	± 12.82	± 0.02	± 31.64	± 23.45	± 0.02
Level ppm
0 ppm		310	1147^b	1874	1.63^a	394	694	1.76^a	1541^b	2568	1.67^a
300 ppm		311	1321^a	1880	1.43^b	440	716	1.63^b	1761^a	2597	1.48^b
600 ppm		311	1337^a	1853	1.39^b	451	692	1.55^b	1788^a	2545	1.43^b
SE of means			± 20.70	± 11.55	± 0.03	± 13.74	± 17.42	± 0.03	± 32.24	± 21.33	± 0.02
Significances
Source of variation		± 3.88
Source effect		NS	**	NS	**	*	NS	***	***	NS	***
Level effect		NS	***	NS	**	NS	NS	***	***	NS	***
Source × Level		NS	**	NS	**	***	NS	***	***	NS	***

*P ≤ 0.05, **p < 0.001,***P < 0.0001, and NS, not significant (P > 0.05) indicate that there is no statistically significant difference between means in the same column. Normality of the data was confirmed using the Shapiro–Wilk test (p > 0.05).

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Table 2 The impact of several nutritional treatments on the grower (11-25d), finisher (26-33d), and overall periods (11-33d).

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