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. 2023 Jan 11;9(2):851–859. doi: 10.1002/vms3.1070

TABLE 6.

Relative weight of internal organs of broiler chickens

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.