Table-3.

Effect of diet supplemented with Artemisia annua (%⁻¹ diet) on life weight, some carcass traits and some internal organs of broiler chickens (Mean±standard error).

Item	Control	Artemisia annua (%−1 diet)			Pooled SEM	p-value
		0.3	0.6	0.9		T	C versus 3% T	C versus 6% T	C versus 9% T
Feed intake	3404.17	3461.17	3485.17	3463.33	20.79	NS	0.77	0.53	0.75
Life weight	2159.74	2161.50	2161.67	2163.00	30.92	NS	1	1	1
Weight after slaughter	2106.67	2115.83	2123.33	2109.17	3.65	NS	1	0.99	0.99
Weight after defeathering	53.33	58.33	58.33	81.67	3.65	NS	0.96	0.96	0.06
Weight after leg and head	1950.00	1945.83	1967.50	1925.00	28.801	NS	1	0.99	0.99
Dressed carcass	1386.05	1388.58	1414.38	1390.73	28.52	NS	0.97	0.72	0.75
Heart weight	9.67	9.5	10	9.5	0.13	NS	0.97	0.81	0.97
Liver weight	50.17	53.83	57.33	57.33	0.75	NS	0.34	0.02	0.02
Gizzard before	74.17	75.00	76.67	79.17	2.10	NS	1	0.97	0.84
Gizzard after	54.67	57.5	62.5	58.83	1.35	NS	0.88	0.21	0.70
Spleen weight	3.33b	4.13a	3.80ab	3.95a	0.11	*	0.07	0.43	0.21
Bursa weight	1.80	2.17	2.03	2.10	0.06	NS	0.13	0.47	0.26
Thymus weight	2.65	2.62	2.45	2.55	0.06	NS	1.00	0.62	0.93
Giblet weight	122.28b	129.75b	138.12ab	134.27a	1.87	*	0.51	0.03	0.14
Intestine weight	96.67	86.67	80.00	75.00	2.91	NS	0.63	0.21	0.07
Breast without bone	486.33	515.00	508.33	506.67	12.89	NS	0.59	0.70	072
Leg quarters	601.67	613.33	606.67	591.67	15.84	NS	0.99	0.99	0.99
All skeleton weight	393.33	383.33	405.83	379.17	13.33	NS	0.79	0.74	0.71

¹Means within a row with different superscripts (a, b) significantly differ (*p < 0.05), NS=Not significant, BW=Body weight, SEM=Standard error of the mean, C=Control, and T=Treatment