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. 2019 Apr 30;5(3):314–318. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2019.04.002

Table 3.

Effects of marigold flower and antibiotic on carcass yield and internal relative organ weight of broilers at 42 d of age (%).

Item Dietary treatments
SEM P-value
Control antibiotic 5 g marigold/kg 10 g marigold/kg
Carcass 65.6b 65.7b 66.6a 65.3b 0.27 0.03
Abdominal fat 0.54b 0.57ab 0.42b 0.79a 0.03 0.04
Liver 2.88 2.69 2.61 2.67 0.04 0.07
Gizzard 1.72b 1.83ab 1.94ab 2.04a 0.04 0.03
Heart 0.59 0.65 0.68 0.64 0.01 0.07
Proventriculus 0.41 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.01 0.06
Small intestine 3.66 3.73 3.61 3.64 0.09 0.07
Bursa 0.115 0.119 0.132 0.131 0.005 0.08
Spleen 0.15 0.16 0.12 0.13 0.007 0.08
Small intestine, cm 194 189 185 197 2.0 0.09
Cecum, cm 37 37 38 38 0.6 0.07

a, b Within a row, values not sharing a common superscript differ at P < 0.05.