Table 2. Effects of dietary supplementation of turmeric extract on growth performance in broiler chicks^1),2)

	NC	PC	Turmeric extract		SEM	p-value
	NC	PC	20 ppm	200 ppm	SEM	p-value
Initial body weight (g/bird)	47.6	47.7	47.6	47.5	0.02	0.15
Final body weight (g/bird)	1,726.2^c	1,819.4^a	1,747.6^bc	1,823.2^a	11.94	<0.05
Body weight gain (g/bird/d)	47.9^c	50.6^a	48.5^bc	50.7^a	0.29	<0.05
Feed intake (g/bird/d)	74.9	74.6	74.1	74.9	0.85	0.28
Feed conversion ratio	1.56^a	1.47^c	1.53^b	1.48^c	0.01	<0.01

Data are least squares means of 4 observations per treatment.
NC, antibiotic-free diet; PC, basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.
Means within the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).