Periods	DEB mEq/Kg	DMI (g/bird)	BW (g/bird)	BWG (g)	FCR (g/g)	WI (mL/bird/day)	Litter moisture (%)	Mortality (%)
0 - 14 d	210	412.63^ab	319.60	283.40	1.56^a	235.63^c	14.56^e	0.00
	240	405.07^ab	331.24	294.66	1.48^ab	261.93^b	23.65^d	0.00
	270	377.77^b	332.16	295.80	1.38^b	265.18^b	26.06^d	0.00
	300	388.58^b	339.39	303.17	1.43^ab	265.69^b	30.33^c	2.00
	330	431.70^a	333.40	297.10	1.55^a	280.67^ab	35.06^b	0.00
	360	388.32^b	320.14	284.54	1.51^ab	297.16^a	41.52^a	0.00
SEM		12.59	10.99	10.96	0.05	7.67	1.00	0.82
p Value		0.06	0.77	0.78	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.44
15 - 21 d	210	394.79	319.60	309.54	1.38^ab	449.32^b	40.43^d	0.00
	240	389.78	331.24	328.56	1.29^ab	498.95^a	50.72^c	0.00
	270	407.04	332.16	341.28	1.30^ab	501.98^a	60.52^b	0.00
	300	406.56	339.39	317.11	1.43^a	507.48^a	53.32^c	0.00
	330	392.52	333.40	346.28	1.21^b	506.55^a	63.44^b	0.00
	360	380.53	320.14	304.64	1.39^ab	524.72^a	73.27^a	0.00
SEM		11.45	10.99	14.43	0.06	10.51	2.46	0.00
p Value		0.56	0.77	0.26	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00
0 - 21 d	210	807.41	629.14^c	592.94^b	1.47^a	684.95^c	-	0.00
	240	794.84	659.80^ab	623.22^ab	1.38^ab	760.88^b	-	0.00
	270	784.81	673.44^a	637.08^ab	1.34^b	767.15^b	-	0.00
	300	778.46	656.50^b	620.28^ab	1.38^ab	773.17^b	-	2.00
	330	824.22	679.68^a	643.38^a	1.37^ab	787.22^b	-	0.00
	360	768.85	625.78^c	590.18^b	1.45^ab	821.89^a	-	0.00
SEM		20.29	14.66	14.715	0.04	15.31	-	0.82
p Value		0.44	0.08	0.08	0.11	0.00	-	0.44