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. 2020 Dec 31;100(4):100973. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.12.070

Table 4.

The small intestine absolute weight, relative weight to BW, length, and ratio of weight to length because of dietary supplementation of different doses of riboflavin and Bacillus subtilis on day 13 of Ross 708 male broilers.

Riboflavin Bacillus Weight (g) Relative weight to BW (%) Length (cm) Relative weight (g/cm)
Duo Jej Ile Duo Jej Ile Duo Jej Ile Duo Jej Ile
0.75 5.92 8.80 5.20 1.80 2.71 1.58 21.52 42.40 40.98 0.274 0.211 0.129
6.6 5.88 8.84 5.35 1.75 2.67 1.62 21.50 42.22 40.51 0.274 0.208 0.134
20 5.90 8.96 5.49 1.80 2.74 1.69 21.69 43.43 41.30 0.273 0.210 0.134
SEM 0.130 0.234 0.120 0.038 0.072 0.049 0.288 0.797 0.577 0.0054 0.0065 0.0042
No 5.88 8.76 5.23 1.77 2.68 1.58 21.53 41.71b 40.42 0.275 0.209 0.131
Yes 5.92 8.98 5.47 1.80 2.73 1.67 21.61 43.66a 41.45 0.273 0.210 0.133
SEM 0.106 0.191 0.098 0.031 0.059 0.040 0.235 0.651 0.471 0.0044 0.0053 0.0034
Riboflavin × Bacillus
 0.75 No 5.80 8.59 5.05 1.80 2.71 1.55 21.03b 41.99 40.56 0.268 0.207 0.131
 0.75 Yes 6.04 9.02 5.36 1.81 2.70 1.61 22.01a,b 42.81 41.41 0.279 0.214 0.127
 6.6 No 5.90 8.67 5.33 1.75 2.63 1.62 21.34a,b 41.11 39.78 0.280 0.208 0.133
 6.6 Yes 5.86 9.01 5.37 1.75 2.70 1.61 21.66a,b 43.34 41.24 0.268 0.208 0.135
 20 No 5.94 9.01 5.30 1.77 2.69 1.57 22.22a 42.01 40.91 0.276 0.211 0.130
 20 Yes 5.86 8.91 5.68 1.83 2.78 1.80 21.16a,b 44.84 41.70 0.271 0.208 0.138
SEM 0.184 0.330 0.169 0.053 0.102 0.069 0.407 1.126 0.815 0.0077 0.0092 0.0059
P-value
 Riboflavin 0.978 0.884 0.263 0.513 0.783 0.320 0.878 0.529 0.622 0.993 0.952 0.650
 Bacillus 0.781 0.413 0.085 0.541 0.530 0.114 0.806 0.037 0.126 0.725 0.898 0.721
 Riboflavin × Bacillus 0.636 0.697 0.559 0.868 0.885 0.184 0.048 0.657 0.905 0.322 0.851 0.600

a-cMeans in a column not sharing a common superscript were different (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: Duo, duodenum; Ile, ileum; Jej, jejunum.