Table 10 Effect of dietary treatments on the economic evaluation of the experimental diets.

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Item

Treatment*

T1

T2

T3

Price (LE/Kg feed)

19.50

19.60

19.70

Total feed cost (LE)

93.80

85.93

77.05

Net profit (LE)

79.05

105.01

144.63

Economic efficiency

0.84

1.22

1.88

Relative economic efficiency

100

145.02

153.60

  1. *T1: Control group, T2& T3, Probiotics-supplemented groups at 0.25 & 0.5 g/kg, respectively.
  2. LE: Egyptian Pound, Net profit = price of kg live body weight - Total feeding cost, Economic efficiency (EE) = net profit / total feeding cost, assuming that the relative economic efficiency of the control diet equals 100.
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