Results from experiment 2, in which bacitracin was
used for comparative purposes, are shown in Table 3.
Birds fed bacitracin were consistently heavier than those
from all other treatments, although differences were not
significant. The heaviest carcass weight was recorded
for birds fed 0.2% butyrate with this effect significant (P
< 0.01) relative to birds fed 0.1% butyrate (Table 3). The
carcasses from birds fed 0.2% butyrate also produced
the most breast meat