Effect of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation on the growth rate, carcass characters and cost effectiveness of broiler fed with three energy levels

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Table 7 Influence of Coenzyme Q10 and energy each at three levels on the cost of feed/kg live weight gain

	NE	LE	HE	NE + 20	LE + 20	HE + 20	NE + 40	LE + 40	HE + 40
Cost of feed/kg (Rs.)
Broiler 0–2 weeks diet	33.22	31.85	34.59	33.31	31.95	34.69	33.41	32.04	34.79
Broiler 3–4 weeks diet	33.19	31.65	34.25	33.29	31.74	34.35	33.39	31.84	34.45
Broiler 5–6 weeks diet	32.86	31.47	34.11	32.95	31.57	34.20	33.05	31.66	34.30
0-2 weeks	312	322	304	287	308	310	304	322	301
3-4 weeks	970	940	874	908	897	853	916	840	793
5-6 weeks	1930	2184	1931	1949	2134	1931	2013	2117	1974
Feed cost	105.98	108.74	106.32	104.01	105.68	106.09	107.27	104.09	105.50
0-6 week body weight gain	1948.38	1903.70	2061.63	1931.93	1912.33	2129.27	1910.00	1899.50	1987.27
*Feed cost/kg live weight (Rs.)**	54.39^e ± 0.15	57.12ⁱ ± 0.05	51.57^b ± 0.16	53.84^d ± 0.10	55.26^g ± 0.08	49.83^a ± 0.19	56.16^h ± 0.09	54.80^f ± 0.09	53.09^c ± 0.05

Means with atleast one common superscript in a column do not differ significantly (P > 0.05).