Effects of Bacillus licheniformis on the growth performance and expression of lipid metabolism-related genes in broiler chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens -induced necrotic enteritis

Table 1 The effect of Bacillus licheniformis on the growth performance suffering from necrotic enteritis*

Parameter	NC	PC	FC	BL	SEM	P-value
Days 1 to 14
BWG (g)	361.33^b	358.42^b	367.13^b	382.25^a	4.32	0.026
FI (g)	519.84	521.70	523.92	522.25	2.63	0.194
FCR(g/g)	1.44^a	1.46^a	1.43^a	1.37^b	0.02	0.049
Days 14 to 28
BWG (g)	718.87^a	636.3^b	689.33^ab	712.93^a	10.76	0.023
FI (g)	1159.82	1149.27	1160.83	1161.40	15.41	0.968
FCR(g/g)	1.61^b	1.81^a	1.68^ab	1.63^b	0.03	0.027
Days 1 to 28
BWG (g)	1080.20^a	994.67^b	1056.67^ab	1095.27^a	13.15	0.032
FI(g)	1679.64	1670.90	1684.72	1683.65	15.58	0.991
FCR(g/g)	1.56^b	1.69^a	1.60^ab	1.56^b	0.02	0.034

NC negative control group, PC necrotic enteritis experimental model group, FC fishmeal and coccidiosis vaccine challenge group, BL NE group supplied with feed containing B. licheniformis
* Data are means for 5 replicates of 12 broiler chickens presented with the means ± SEM
*^{a, b} Means in the same column with different lower case letter differ significantly (P <0.05)