Diets   C SA MB CSB Initial (g) 27.6 ±0.11 28.0 ± 0.1 28.8 ± 0.9 28.3 ± 0.6 Final weight (g) 142 ± 10 142 ± 5.2 152 ± 17 145 ± 19 Growth (g)2 114 ± 11 114 ± 5.3 123 ± 18 117 ± 19 Feed intake (g) 111 ± 8.2 106 ± 3.8 107 ± 20 109± 17 SGR (g)3 1.95 ± 0.09 1.93 ± 0.05 1.98 ± 0.17 1.94 ± 0.18 FGR  (g)4 0.97 ± 0.02 0.93 ± 0.07 0.86 ± 0.04 0.93 ± 0.01 1 Values are mean ± S.D of three groups per treatment. No significantly differences (P>0.05) were observed among treatments means 2 Growth (g) = Final weight – initial weight 3 SGR: specific growth rate = 100 x (ln final weight – ln initial weight)/ no.days 4 FGR: feed gain ratio= feed intake (g)/weight gain

Table 3: Effect of feeding Asx supplements on growth and feed utilization parameters after 12 weeks of experiment.