Table 4.
Effects of capsaicin on the ovarian indices of 64-wk-old laying ducks.1
| Item | CON | 150 mg/kg capsaicin |
SEM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PF | AF | ||||
| Large yellow follicles number, diameter >8 mm | 3.50 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 0.42 | 0.06 |
| Small yellow follicles number, 3 mm < diameter <8 mm | 21.5 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 1.71 | 0.30 |
| Number of atrestic follicles | 2.67 | 2.60 | 1.30 | 0.53 | 0.17 |
| Ovarian weight, g/kg live BW | 24.5 | 24.8 | 33.4 | 3.52 | 0.18 |
| Large yellow follicle weight/ovarian weight, % | 75.8b | 86.2a | 88.3a | 2.53 | 0.01 |
| Small yellow follicle weight/ovarian weight, % | 5.67b | 14.1a | 3.67b | 1.80 | <0.01 |
a,bMeans within a row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).
Abbreviations: AF, ad libitum fed; CON, basal control groups without supplementation of capsaicin; PF, pair fed to control treatment.
1
Data are means for n = 6 replicates (2 ducks/replicate).