Table 4.
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).