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Table 7.

Relative organ weights of broilers fed diets supplemented with phytase at 21 and 42 days of age

Variables²⁾	Experimental diets¹⁾						p-value	SEM

	No phytase	Phytase 500 +MT A	Phytase 1,000 +MT A	Phytase 1,500 +MT A	Phytase 1,000 +MT B	Phytase 1,500 +MT C
21 days of age
Proventriculus (%)	0.58	0.56	0.57	0.58	0.60	0.58	0.955	0.01
Gizzard (%)	2.18	2.05	1.88	2.20	2.25	2.20	0.264	0.05
Small intestine (%)	3.35	3.23	3.08	2.97	3.31	3.26	0.785	0.08
Pancreas (%)	0.34	0.36	0.32	0.37	0.36	0.31	0.499	0.01
Heart (%)	0.61	0.64	0.63	0.69	0.67	0.68	0.751	0.02
Liver (%)	2.56	2.34	2.62	2.61	2.52	2.51	0.730	0.05
42 days of age
Proventriculus (%)	0.29	0.30	0.25	0.24	0.26	0.27	0.151	0.01
Gizzard (%)	1.31	1.22	1.21	1.17	1.21	1.17	0.551	0.02
Small intestine (%)	1.56	2.09	2.00	1.81	2.24	2.04	0.152	0.04
Pancreas (%)	0.20	0.18	0.16	0.19	0.21	0.16	0.092	0.01
Heart (%)	0.44	0.49	0.46	0.41	0.50	0.48	0.426	0.01
Liver (%)	1.56^b	1.83^ab	1.73^ab	1.61^ab	2.02^a	1.78^ab	0.035	0.05

SEM, standard error of the means.

¹⁾

Matrix A (MT A): 0.165% Ca, 0.150% avP, and 0.035% Na; matrix B (MT B): 0.215% Ca, 0.195% avP, and 0.045% Na; matrix C (MT C): 0.245% Ca, 0.225% avP, and 0.053% Na.

²⁾

%: Relative weights calculated in relation to bird live weight.

^a,b

Means followed by different letters in the same line are different by Tukey test (p<0.05).