Effects of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz. (dandelion) on growth performance, expression of genes coding for tight junction protein and mucin, microbiota composition and short chain fatty acids in ileum of broiler chickens

Table 1 Effects of dandelion on growth performance of broilers

Items	Treatment group				SEM	P-Value
Items	CON	LD	HD	CTC	SEM	P-Value
BW
1 day	44.48	44.34	44.67	45.42	0.321	0.68
21 day	718.86	785.62	768.72	739.14	11.688	0.18
42 day	2319.80	2569.90	2425.90	2355.30	40.795	0.13
1 to 21 day
ADG/g	31.86	35.75	34.56	33.22	0.602	0.11
ADFI/g	47.84^a	40.18^b	44.42^ab	46.90^a	1.002	0.01
F/G	1.48^a	1.14^b	1.34^a	1.43^a	0.041	< 0.01
22 to 42 day
ADG/g	76.06	84.65	79.05	78.24	1.573	0.27
ADFI/g	139.79	145.38	130.81	129.33	2.770	0.12
F/G	1.86^x	1.70^y	1.71^xy	1.67^y	0.028	0.07
1 to 42 day
ADG/g	54.19	60.12	56.62	55.49	0.987	0.17
ADFI/g	93.81^a	93.77^a	86.45^b	85.59^b	1.362	0.02
F/G	1.74^x	1.56^y	1.57^y	1.58^y	0.030	0.07

CON The control treatment, LD The low dose of dandelion treatment, HD The high dose of dandelion treatment, CTC The chlortetracycline treatment, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
^x,^yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)

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