Investigation of Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Activity, and the Effects of Alfalfa Flavonoids on Growth Performance

Table 3

The growth performance and mortality rate of broilers at the age of 28 and 56 d.

Group	NC	LDG	MDG	HDG
Initial weight (g)
BW at 28 d of age (g)
BW at 56 d of age (g)	^b	^a	^ab	^ab
0-28 d of age ADG (g)
0-28 d of age ADFI (g)
0-28 d of age F : G
29-56 d of age ADG (g)	^b	^a	^ab	^b
29-56 d of age ADFI (g)
29-56 d of age F : G	^A	^Bb	^ABa	^ABa
Mortality rate at 28 d (%)	/	/	/	/
Mortality rate at 56 d (%)	6.66	/	/	3.33

^a,bMeans of 28 d and 56 d with no common superscript differ significantly (). ^A,BMeans of 28 d and 56 d with no common superscript differ significantly (). Data are means of 20 broilers for each treatment.