Table 3. Relative weight (g/100g body weight) of spleen, bursa and liver of broilers subjected to experimental treatments^1,2.

		Spleen	Bursa	Liver
Main effects
Leaky gut model
Control (n = 24)		0.071a	0.249b	2.68b
Rye-based diet (n = 24)		0.072a	0.272a	2.37c
DEX (n = 24)		0.034b	0.064c	4.17a
Probiotic
No (n = 36)		0.059	0.194	3.14
Yes (n = 36)		0.059	0.190	3.01
	SEM3	0.0014	0.0051	0.036
Source of variation
Model		<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Probiotic		0.976	0.723	0.083
Model × Probiotic		0.693	0.068	0.222

¹ Means within a column not sharing a superscript ^(a-c) differ significantly at the P level shown for the main effects.

² Values in parenthesis represent the number of replicates/bird

³ Pooled standard error of the mean (n = 72)