Table 3.
The relative internal organ weight to BW (%) of Ross 708 male broilers fed riboflavin and Bacillus subtilis diet on day 13.
Riboflavin | Bacillus | Relative weight/BW % |
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Proventriculus | Gizzard | Spleen | Pancreas | Liver | Bursa | Heart | ||
0.75 | 0.692 | 3.50 | 0.075 | 0.487 | 3.65 | 0.169 | 0.698 | |
6.6 | 0.694 | 3.27 | 0.077 | 0.450 | 3.68 | 0.158 | 0.733 | |
20 | 0.725 | 3.39 | 0.077 | 0.506 | 3.67 | 0.162 | 0.708 | |
SEM | 0.0124 | 0.052 | 0.0026 | 0.0121 | 0.071 | 0.0070 | 0.0185 | |
No | 0.706 | 3.50 | 0.078 | 0.472 | 3.67 | 0.157 | 0.705 | |
Yes | 0.702 | 3.27 | 0.075 | 0.490 | 3.66 | 0.169 | 0.722 | |
SEM | 0.0101 | 3.39 | 0.0021 | 0.0099 | 0.058 | 0.0057 | 0.0151 | |
Riboflavin × Bacillus | ||||||||
0.75 | No | 0.707 | 3.62a | 0.077 | 0.499a | 3.65 | 0.160 | 0.700 |
0.75 | Yes | 0.677 | 3.38b | 0.073 | 0.475a | 3.64 | 0.179 | 0.697 |
6.6 | No | 0.682 | 3.26b | 0.078 | 0.417b | 3.70 | 0.151 | 0.730 |
6.6 | Yes | 0.707 | 3.28b | 0.075 | 0.483a | 3.66 | 0.166 | 0.736 |
20 | No | 0.729 | 3.31b | 0.078 | 0.501a | 3.67 | 0.162 | 0.685 |
20 | Yes | 0.721 | 3.47a,b | 0.077 | 0.512a | 3.67 | 0.161 | 0.732 |
SEM | 0.0176 | 3.386 | 0.0037 | 0.0171 | 0.100 | 0.0099 | 0.0262 | |
P-value | ||||||||
Riboflavin | 0.114 | 0.009 | 0.788 | 0.006 | 0.954 | 0.513 | 0.393 | |
Bacillus | 0.748 | 0.735 | 0.379 | 0.210 | 0.844 | 0.171 | 0.433 | |
Riboflavin × Bacillus | 0.300 | 0.025 | 0.917 | 0.036 | 0.972 | 0.567 | 0.601 |
a-cMeans in a column not sharing a common superscript were different (P < 0.05).