Table 1 Effect of yeast-cell-wall (YCW) diet on growth in chickens during the first 3-weeks of age under coccidial infection

Diet

Control

750 ± 14^b

1009 ± 10.27^b

1.34 ± 0.03

YCW

779 ± 16^a

1047 ± 16.91^a

1.34 ± 0.02

Anticoccidial program

Coccidiostat

805 ± 14.0^a

1051 ± 12.47^a

1.30 ± 0.02^b

Vaccine

725 ± 8.4^b

1005 ± 20.13^b

1.38 ± 0.03^a

Variation source

Probability

Diet

0.001

0.007

0.965

Anticoccidial program

0.037

0.019

0.005

Sample size per group

210

210

210