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Table 3.

Effect of different levels of phytase enzyme on different carcass characteristics of broilers

Characteristics	Control	LP	LP₁	LP₂	LP₃
Live weight (g)	2038.50	1785.60	2035.00	2160.00	2096.85
Carcass weight (g)	1485.55	1287.43	1450.38	1530.58	1531.20
Gizzard (%)	2.65^ab	2.75^ab	2.95^a	2.38^b	2.50^b
Heart (%)	0.63^ab	0.72^a	0.56^b	0.65^ab	0.53^b
Liver (%)	2.20^ab	2.45^a	2.10^b	2.40^ab	2.18^ab
Proventriculus (%)	0.77^a	0.51^b	0.67^ab	0.65^ab	0.53^ab
Crop (%)	0.69	0.63	0.81	0.96	0.74
Spleen (%)	0.13^ab	0.11^ab	0.15^a	0.11^ab	0.08^b
Small intestine (%)	4.15	4.22	4.08	4.63	4.10
Large intestine (%)	0.43	0.52	0.48	0.43	0.45
Cecum (%)	0.88	0.84	0.93	0.86	0.87
Thighs (%)	20.43	21.34	20.88	20.65	20.38
Breast (%)	25.67	24.75	24.56	24.43	26.55

LP₁: LP+1250, LP₂: LP+2500, LP₃: LP+5000

a-b: dissimilar letters in each column indicate a significant difference (P<0.05)