TABLE 6.
Items (% live BW) | CONT | UBF | UBFPRO | UBFZYM | SEM | p‐Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.66 |
Liver | 2.37 | 2.28 | 2.32 | 2.19 | 0.06 | 0.82 |
Proventriculus | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 0.87 |
Gizzard | 2.14 | 1.77 | 1.88 | 2.02 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
Pancreas | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
Duodenum | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.77 | 0.84 | 0.07 | 0.46 |
Jejunum | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 0.86 | 0.06 | 0.52 |
Ileum | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.77 | 0.06 | 0.64 |
Caeca | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.03 | 0.31 |
Abdominal fat | 1.11 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.88 | 0.08 | 0.50 |
Spleen | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
Thymus | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.20 |
Bursa of Fabricius | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.35 |
Abbreviations: BW, body weight; CONT, chicks receiving control feed; SEM, standard error of the means; UBF, chicks receiving 5% unripe banana flour in feed; UBFPRO, chicks receiving 5% unripe banana flour in feed plus 0.05% probiotics; UBFZYM, chicks receiving 5% unripe banana flour plus 0.05% multienzyme.