Table 2 Effect of yeast-cell-wall (YCW) diet on growth in chickens during the first 7-weeks of age under coccidial infection

Diet

Control

3060 ± 20.98^b

5883 ± 58.67

1.92 ± 0.02^a

YCW

3135 ± 38.21^a

5854 ± 44.39

1.85 ± 0.04^b

Anticoccidial program

Coccidiostat

3125 ± 39.42

5902 ± 51.41

1.87 ± 0.02

Vaccine

3069 ± 43.40

5835 ± 60.85

1.90 ± 0.03

Variation source

Probability

Diet

0.045

0.227

0.021

Anticoccidial program

0.125

0.614

0.656

Sample size per group

210

210

210