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. 2018 Jun 29;11(6):874–882. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.874-882

Table-3.

Effect of multi-strain probiotic preparation in combination with vitamins and minerals on internal organs relative weight of the Indonesian indigenous crossbred chickens.

Items (% live BW) Dietary treatments SE p value

CONT AGP PROB1 PROB2
Heart 0.73 0.73 0.86 0.66 0.09 0.48
Liver 2.23 2.24 2.45 2.22 0.10 0.37
Proventriculus 0.50 0.53 0.59 0.53 0.03 0.22
Gizzard 1.63 1.60 1.91 1.76 0.12 0.26
Spleen 0.26 0.20 0.26 0.24 0.04 0.63
Thymus 0.54 0.45 0.44 0.53 0.07 0.69
Bursa of Fabricius 0.20 0.13 0.18 0.13 0.04 0.33
Duodenum 0.58 0.72 0.66 0.63 0.05 0.32
Jejunum 1.06 1.19 1.19 1.08 0.09 0.68
Ileum 0.83 0.84 0.78 0.76 0.07 0.83
Caeca 0.48 0.43 0.45 0.44 0.04 0.75
Pancreas 0.27 0.33 0.30 0.29 0.02 0.17

CONT=Chicks receiving basal diet without any additive, AGP=Chicks receiving basal diet with 0.04% of zinc bacitracin, PROB1=Chicks receiving basal diet with 0.01% of commercial probiotic Bacillus subtilis preparation, PROB2=Chicks receiving basal diet with 0.5% of multi-strain probiotic preparation in combination with vitamins and minerals, BW=Body weight, SE=Standard error