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. 2019 Jul 27;9(8):493. doi: 10.3390/ani9080493

Table 4.

Effect of COS supplementation on relative immune organ weight in broilers (g/kg).

Organ 1 Control Group Antibiotic Group COS Group SEM p-Value
Thymus 3.46 4.40 4.37 0.20 0.095
Spleen 0.86 0.93 0.91 0.04 0.762
Bursa of Fabricius 1.81 2.32 1.94 0.14 0.333

1 Control group, basal diet; Antibiotic group, basal diet supplemented with 50 mg/kg chlortetracycline; COS group, basal diet supplemented with 30 mg/kg chitooligosaccharide; SEM, standard error of means (n = 6).