Table 5.
Effect of dietary treatment on carcass dissection of male broilers (35 d).
| Treatment |
SEM | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 negative control | T2 positive control | T3 AGP | T4 MOmint | T5 MOLiq | T6 SangExt | |||
| Dressing percentage (%) | 63.4 | 62.2 | 62.2 | 63.5 | 62.7 | 63.4 | 0.71 | NS |
| Breast (%) | 26.1a | 24.0b | 25.0a,b | 26.0a | 25.6a | 25.7a | 0.42 | 0.05 |
| Leg (%) | 18.3b | 18.3b | 18.3b | 19.4a | 18.4b | 19.0a,b | 0.28 | 0.05 |
| Fat (%) | 1.58 | 1.29 | 1.62 | 1.42 | 1.57 | 1.27 | 0.16 | NS |
| Liver (%) | 1.88 | 2.15 | 2.10 | 2.24 | 2.00 | 2.17 | 0.11 | NS |
| Gizzard (%) | 2.71 | 2.52 | 2.50 | 2.63 | 2.33 | 2.48 | 0.12 | NS |
| Small intestine (%) | 4.31 | 4.40 | 4.39 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 4.79 | 0.16 | NS |
| Thymus (%) | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.47 | 0.04 | NS |
| Spleen (%) | 0.099 | 0.109 | 0.102 | 0.095 | 0.107 | 0.101 | 0.01 | NS |
| Bursa (%) | 0.159 | 0.168 | 0.147 | 0.159 | 0.141 | 0.159 | 0.02 | NS |
a-cMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).
T1, control (negative); T2, infected with S. typhimurium (positive control); T3, infected + avilamycin at the rate of 0.10 g/kg (AGP); T4, infected + plant extract in dried form at the rate of 0.20 g/kg (MOLiq); T5, infected + plant extract in liquid form at the rate of 0.25 mL/L (MOLiq); and T6, infected + Sangrovit Extra at the rate of 0.15 g/kg (SangExt).