TABLE 4.
Effect of experimental treatments on carcass traits of broiler chickens on d 42 (g/100 g BW).
| Carcass traits | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additive type | Feed form | Carcass | Breast | Thigh | Gastrointestinal tract | Proventriculus | Gizzard | Liver | Pancreas | Abdominal fat |
| CTL | Mash | 73.26 | 25.23 | 21.11 | 11.89 | 0.44 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 0.30 | 1.09 |
| SFH | 72.60 | 24.59 | 20.48 | 13.25 | 0.47 | 2.57 | 2.47 | 0.29 | 1.32 | |
| ENZ | 70.87 | 24.65 | 20.44 | 12.34 | 0.35 | 1.97 | 2.04 | 0.35 | 1.16 | |
| SFH + ENZ | 74.40 | 25.03 | 21.21 | 13.02 | 0.54 | 2.18 | 1.95 | 0.37 | 1.32 | |
| CTL | Pellet | 74.71 | 26.24 | 20.75 | 11.10 | 0.44 | 1.84 | 1.98 | 0.37 | 1.39 |
| SFH | 74.83 | 24.07 | 20.62 | 11.68 | 0.42 | 1.67 | 1.76 | 0.26 | 1.36 | |
| ENZ | 72.98 | 21.99 | 20.19 | 11.58 | 0.51 | 1.65 | 1.78 | 0.32 | 1.13 | |
| SFH + ENZ | 25.25 | 21.08 | 12.13 | 0.46 | 2.16 | 2.07 | 0.31 | 1.35 | ||
| SEM | 1.03 | 1.34 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.19 | |
| Main effects | ||||||||||
| Additive type | ||||||||||
| CTL | 74.00 | 25.74 | 20.93 | 11.50 | 0.44 | 1.91 | 1.9 | 0.33 | 1.24 | |
| SFH | 73.72 | 24.33 | 20.55 | 12.47 | 0.44 | 2.12 | 2.1 | 0.28 | 1.34 | |
| ENZ | 71.90 | 23.32 | 20.31 | 11.96 | 0.43 | 1.81 | 1.9 | 0.33 | 1.14 | |
| SFH + ENZ | 74.22 | 25.14 | 21.15 | 12.58 | 0.50 | 2.17 | 2.0 | 0.34 | 1.34 | |
| SEM | 0.73 | 0.94 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.13 | |
| Feed form | ||||||||||
| Mash | 72.80 | 24.87 | 20.81 | 12.63a | 0.45 | 2.17a | 2.11 | 0.33 | 1.22 | |
| Pellet | 74.11 | 24.39 | 20.66 | 11.62b | 0.46 | 1.83b | 1.90 | 0.32 | 1.31 | |
| SEM | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.09 | |
| p‐Value | ||||||||||
| Additive type | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.56 | 0.35 | 0.58 | 0.27 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.72 | |
| Feed form | 0.07 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.04 | 0.95 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.79 | 0.55 | |
| Additive type × feed form | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.78 | 0.85 | |
Note: Means with different letters (a, b) within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).
Abbreviations: ENZ, endo‐power enzyme; SFH, sunflower hulls.