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. 2024 Apr 10;15:59. doi: 10.1186/s40104-024-01010-x

Table 6.

The synergistic effect of dietary microbial muramidase and precision glycan supplementation on organ weight and meat quality in broiler

Items NC PC MR PG MRPG
Relative organ weight, %
 Breast muscle 17.68 ± 2.15 17.86 ± 0.51 18.57 ± 1.74 17.97 ± 0.34 18.71 ± 0.65
 Liver 2.54 ± 0.12 2.59 ± 0.10 2.79 ± 0.069 2.63 ± 0.14 2.94 ± 0.12
 Spleen 0.14 ± 0.006 0.17 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.009 0.18 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.005
 Bursa of Fabricius 0.16 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.006 0.2 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.02
 Gizzard 1.54 ± 0.05 1.75 ± 0.04 1.69 ± 0.13 1.73 ± 0.06 1.66 ± 0.08
Breast muscle color
 Lightness(L*) 49.32 ± 2.20 49.5 ± 1.31 48.59 ± 1.19 50.24 ± 0.61 50.15 ± 0.77
 Redness(a*) 13.18 ± 0.21 13.06 ± 0.20 12.61 ± 0.39 12.38 ± 0.86 12.3 ± 0.18
 Yellowness(b*) 14.73 ± 0.60 14.79 ± 0.68 15.23 ± 0.51 15.4 ± 1.17 15.77 ± 0.82
pH value 5.66 ± 0.10 5.51 ± 0.13 5.45 ± 0.02 5.59 ± 0.07 5.42 ± 0.06
Cooking loss, % 14.21 ± 0.21 14.72 ± 2.01 16.58 ± 0.54 15.56 ± 0.91 17.01 ± 2.35
WHC, % 52.58 ± 1.27 47.36 ± 1.26 52.52 ± 1.84 47.45 ± 1.67 48.91 ± 1.44
Drip loss, %
 d 1 1.39 ± 0.15 1.43 ± 0.05 1.36 ± 0.16 1.35 ± 0.12 1.26 ± 0.06
 d 3 3.72 ± 0.23 3.81 ± 0.24 3.66 ± 0.15 3.44 ± 0.14 3.54 ± 0.11
 d 5 5.9 ± 0.20 6.48 ± 0.25 6.22 ± 0.30 5.89 ± 0.17 6.34 ± 0.15
 d 7 7.27 ± 0.93 8.22 ± 0.70 8.15 ± 0.84 7.31 ± 0.67 7.36 ± 0.46

NC Basal diet, PC Basal diet supplemented with 0.02% probiotics, MR Basal diet supplemented with 0.035% microbial muramidase, PG Basal diet supplemented with 0.1% precision glycan, MRPG Basal diet supplemented with 0.025% microbial muramidase + 0.1% precision glycan