. 2023 Dec 10;13(24):3810. doi: 10.3390/ani13243810

Table 5.

Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum HW1 on the values for immune organ indices in broilers with necrotic enteritis (n = 6 per experimental group).

Items ¹	NC	NE	HW1	SEM ²	p-Value
Thymus index (g/kg)	3.40 ^a	2.96 ^b	3.69 ^a	0.099	0.003
Spleen index (g/kg)	1.31 ^a	1.06 ^b	1.19 ^ab	0.044	0.045
Bursa of Fabricius index (g/kg)	2.28	2.06	2.23	0.067	0.415

^a,b,ab Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). ¹ NC, basal diet; NE, basal diet + necrotic enteritis challenge; HW1, basal diet + 4 × 10⁶ CFU/g Lactobacillus plantarum HW1 + necrotic enteritis challenge. ² SEM, standard error of the mean.