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Table 7.

Effect Urtica diocia on carcass characteristics and ascites mortality of broilers raised up to 42 d of age.¹

Item	Dietary levels of Urtica diocia, %				SEM
Item	0 (control)	0.5	1	1.5	SEM
Carcass yield, %	67.5	69.3	68.9	70.5	0.66
Breast yield, %	36.6^b	37.0^b	38.0^a	38.1^a	0.193
Thigh yield, %	32.9	32.6	33.4	32.9	0.21
Abdominal fat, %	2.29^a	1.81^b	1.67^b	1.67^b	0.063
Liver, %	2.41^a	2.19^b	2.14^b	2.04^b	0.050
Heart, %	0.74^a	0.66^b	0.65^b	0.66^b	0.016
Spleen, %	0.095^c	0.102^bc	0.113^bc	0.122^a	0.003
Bursa, %	0.209^a	0.162^b	0.153^b	0.156^b	0.011
RV:TV ratio	0.30^a	0.27^ab	0.24^bc	0.23^c	0.011
PHS mortality, %	37.5^a	27.5^ab	17.5^b	22.5^b	3.81

RV:TV ratio = right ventricle to total ventricles weight ratio; PHS mortality = pulmonary hypertension syndrome mortality.

^{a, b, c} Means in the same raw with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Each mean represents values from 10 replicates.