Table 8. Broiler chicken carcasses treated with synbiotic nutmeg flesh extract and L. plantarum.
| Items | Treatment | SEM | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | A | L | Q | ||
| (% Live weight) | |||||||||
| Eviscerated carcass | 68.64 | 69.08 | 68.65 | 68.82 | 68.73 | 1.76 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.79 |
| (% Eviscerated carcass) | |||||||||
| Breast | 38.73 | 38.62 | 35.52 | 38.67 | 38.26 | 2.85 | 0.39 | 0.87 | 0.10 |
| Upper thigh | 14.98 | 14.96 | 14.91 | 14.98 | 14.87 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.21 |
| Lower thigh | 11.98 | 12.11 | 12.57 | 12.48 | 12.20 | 1.12 | 0.60 | 0.37 | 0.64 |
| Wing | 7.18 | 7.24 | 7.32 | 7.08 | 7.32 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.76 | 0.75 |
| Back | 21.35 | 21.23 | 21.12 | 21.64 | 21.47 | 1.87 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 0.75 |
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.