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. 2024 Jan 23;103(4):103488. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103488

Table 4.

Effect of Lonicerae flos and Turmeric extracts on the relative organ weight in broilers.

Items CON LTE300 LTE500 SEM P value
ANOVA Linear Quadratic
38 d
Liver index (g/kg) 35.97 37.26 38.01 0.474 0.224 0.091 0.949
Spleen index (g/kg) 1.54 1.68 1.49 0.094 0.724 1.000 0.431
Bursal index (g/kg) 3.11 2.98 3.71 0.187 0.223 0.221 0.212
60 d
Liver index (g/kg) 26.06b 29.71a 25.18b 0.822 0.044 0.848 0.014
Spleen index (g/kg) 1.10b 1.19ab 1.42a 0.055 0.036 0.016 0.338
Bursal index (g/kg) 2.07 2.07 1.98 0.093 0.923 0.749 0.820

Abbreviations: CON, control group, basal diet; LTE300, basal diet supplemented with 300 g/t LTE; LTE500, basal diet supplemented with 500 g/t LTE.

a,b

Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).