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. 2020 Aug 7;99(11):5744–5751. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.07.033

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).