Table 7. Organ weights of broiler chickens fed with synbiotic nutmeg flesh extract and L. plantarum.
| Items (% live weight ) | Treatment | SEM | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | A | L | Q | ||
| Liver | 2.63 | 2.64 | 2.71 | 2.74 | 2.71 | 0.37 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
| Heart | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.04 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.82 |
| Proventriculus | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.03 | 0.79 | 0.54 | 0.71 |
| Gizzard | 1.70 | 1.66 | 1.79 | 1.80 | 1.61 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.90 | 0.66 |
| Pancreas | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.83 | 1.00 |
| Spleen | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 0.76 | 0.94 |
| Thymus | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.94 | 0.32 | 0.39 |
| Bursa of fabricius | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.86 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Deodenum | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 0.56 |
| Jejenum | 1.32 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0.12 | 0.86 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Ilium | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.86 | 0.90 |
| Cecum | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.73 | 0.93 |
| Abdominal fat | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.63 | 1.67 | 1.62 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.79 | 0.65 |
A = Analysis of variance; L = Orthogonal polynomial contrasts test for linear effects, Q = Orthogonal polynomial contrasts test for quadratic effects, SEM = Standard error of the means.