Table 4.
Effects of supplementation with sweeteners on the relative organ weight of broiler chickens at 21 D.
| Items | Treatments |
SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | STE | SUC | SAC | |||
| Liver (g/kg) | 16.99 | 18.56 | 17.79 | 17.65 | 0.58 | 0.324 |
| Thymus (g/kg) | 1.68 | 1.61 | 1.84 | 1.61 | 0.15 | 0.683 |
| Bursa of Fabricius (g/kg) | 1.57 | 1.45 | 1.68 | 1.75 | 0.11 | 0.517 |
| Breast muscle (%) | 20.14 | 19.30 | 19.28 | 18.38 | 0.40 | 0.054 |
n = 6.
Abbreviations: CON, broiler chickens fed a basal diet; SAC, broiler chickens fed a basal diet supplemented with 600 mg/kg saccharin sodium; SEM, standard error of means; STE, broiler chickens fed a basal diet supplemented with 250 mg/kg stevioside; SUC, broiler chickens fed a basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg sucralose.