Age

(week)

n¹

Feed intake (g/d)

Body weight gain (g/d)

Feed conversion ratio (g/g)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

1

2

3

4²

5³

Mean

1 - 3⁴

4 - 5⁵

15

12

9

6

3

21

55

96

140

185

97

57

160

24

61

96

138

170

98

60

154

19

46

80

97

125

72

48

110

22

49

75

89

107

68

49

98

1.15

1.20

1.19

1.44

1.48

1.28

1.18

1.46

1.06

1.24

1.28

1.56

1.59

1.35

1.20

1.57

Significance level (p) of two-way ANOVA

Age (A)

Gender (G)

A × G

<0.001

0.078

<0.001

<0.001

0.003

0.001

<0.001

0.001

<0.001