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Table 3.

Effect of dietary treatments on carcass characteristics of broilers at 42 days.

Traits^† (%)	Groups^*					SEM	P-values
Traits^† (%)	CON	AB	ORG	PHY	COM	SEM	P-values
Dressing	61.0^d	62.6^cd	63.5^bc	66.3^a	64.9^ab	0.533	0.004
Liver	1.92^c	2.23^b	2.35^b	2.51^a	2.56^a	0.050	0.212
Heart	0.433^b	0.443^b	0.523^a	0.576^a	0.577^a	0.018	0.620
Gizzard	2.09^c	2.35^b	2.44^b	2.82^a	2.61^a	0.077	0.439
Breast meat	20.2^d	22.4^c	22.6^c	24.8^a	23.3^b	0.377	0.163
Abdominal fat	1.34^a	1.38^a	1.35^a	1.42^a	1.41^a	0.015	0.867

SEM: standard error of mean.

^†

These are mean values of five replicates (cages).

Groups; CON: control, AB: antibiotic growth promoter, ORG: organic acid, PHY: phytogenic feed additives, COM: combination.

^a,b,c,d

Means with different superscript in the same row differ significantly at p < 0.05.