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. 2020 Mar 19;10(3):513. doi: 10.3390/ani10030513

Table 3.

Mean (±SEM) of economically relevant carcass characteristics at 42 days of age in Ross 308 broilers fed diets containing 0, 1, 2, and 3% thyme (T3) and sumac from days 29–42.

Live Body Weight (g) Defeathered Body Weight (g) Carcass Weight (Full Abdomen) (g) Carcass Weight (Empty Abdomen) (g)
Treatment
Control 2517 2292abc* 2015ab 1777ab
1% Thyme (T1) 2546 2348ab 2070ab 1718ab
2% Thyme (T2) 2567 2384ab 2136a 1818ab
3% Thyme (T3) 2522 2294abc 2026ab 1736ab
1% Sumac (S1) 2566 2459a 2141a 1879a
2% Sumac (S2) 2467 2160c 1863b 1694b
3% Sumac (S3) 2406 2260bc 1923ab 1737ab
Standard Error of Mean 59.3 57.8 77.2 54.7
p-Value 0.47 0.04 0.14 0.27

* In columns with superscripts, means without a common superscript differ significantly at p < 0.05.