Table 4.
Carcass traits and internal organ weights of broiler chickens supplemented with grape pomace.
| Outcomes | SMD | 95 % CI |
SE | p-value | Heterogeneity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | QM | df | P-value | I2 | ||||
| Carcass traits | |||||||||
| Dressing percentage | −0.12 | −0.33 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.001 | 52.4 | 11 | <0.001 | 79.0 |
| Breast | 0.34 | −0.30 | 1.06 | 0.35 | 0.272 | 389.79 | 11 | <0.001 | 97.2 |
| Drumstick | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 0.033 | 22.80 | 6 | <0.001 | 73.7 |
| Thigh | −0.19 | −0.64 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.404 | 133.20 | 9 | <0.001 | 93.2 |
| Internal organs | |||||||||
| Gizzard | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.09 | <0.001 | 18.6 | 9 | 0.030 | 51.7 |
| Heart | −0.51 | −1.12 | 0.13 | 0.33 | 0.120 | 107.2 | 5 | <0.001 | 95.3 |
| Liver | −0.39 | −0.74 | −0.05 | 0.17 | 0.023 | 175.9 | 13 | <0.001 | 92.6 |
| Spleen | −0.45 | −1.12 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.192 | 153.6 | 6 | <0.001 | 96.0 |
SMD = standardized mean, CI = confidence interval; SE = standard error; QM = coefficient of moderator; df = degree of freedom; p = probability difference; I2 = inconsistency index.