. 2021 Jan 19;9(3):1530–1541. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2126

TABLE 3.

Statistical mean (±SEM) of cranial gut segments at the 42nd day of age in Ross 308 broilers affected by four different additive levels of green tea and two different durations of its usage^*

Treatment	Trait	Crop weight (g)	Relative weight of crop (%)	Proventriculus weight (g)	Relative weight of proventriculus (%)	Pancreas weight (g)	Relative weight of pancreas (%)
Use duration (day)	21	7.377^a	0.269^a	11.909^a	0.432^a	6.079^a	0.221^a
Use duration (day)	42	7.528^a	0.283^a	12.307^a	0.460^a	5.552^a	0.208^a
p		.718	.441	.796	.595	.164	.306
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		0.290	0.013	1.073	0.037	0.256	0.009
Green tea powder level (%)	0.25	6.563^b	0.246^b	11.903^a	0.444^a	5.503^a	0.205^a
	0.50	7.657^ab	0.277^ab	12.602^a	0.458^a	6.017^a	0.217^a
	0.75	7.532^ab	0.273^ab	11.900^a	0.430^a	6.158^a	0.221^a
	1.00	8.057^a	0.309^a	12.028^a	0.452^a	5.583^a	0.213^a
p		.107	.153	.985	.983	.518	.807
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		0.410	0.018	1.517	0.053	0.362	0.012
Duration (0 days)‐ level (0%)		7.667^ab	0.267^ab	10.583^a	0.371^a	6.183^ab	0.219^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.25%)		6.903^ab	0.265^ab	12.240^a	0.467^a	5.847^ab	0.224^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.25%)		6.223^b	0.227^b	11.567^a	0.421^a	5.160^b	0.186^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.50%)		8.010^ab	0.280^ab	10.527^a	0.365^a	6.150^ab	0.214^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.50%)		7.303^ab	0.274^ab	14.677^a	0.550^a	5.883^ab	0.220^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.75%)		6.843^ab	0.246^b	10.827^a	0.386^a	6.917^a	0.246^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.75%)		8.220^a	0.300^ab	12.973^a	0.473^a	5.400^ab	0.197^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (1.00%)		7.750^ab	0.286^ab	14.043^a	0.508^a	5.403^ab	0.198^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (1.00%)		8.363^a	0.331^a	10.013^a	0.397^a	5.763^ab	0.228^a
p		.226	.217	.711	.571	.402	.487
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		0.583	0.024	2.026	0.070	0.501	0.019

Means (±standard error of means) within each column of dietary treatments with no common superscript differ significantly at p < .05.