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

TABLE 5.

Statistical mean (±SEM) of jejunum characteristics 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	Jejunum weight (g)	Relative weight of jejunum (%)	Jejunum length (mm)	Jejunum width (mm)	Jejunum diameter (mm)
Use duration (day)	21	48.484^a	1.758^a	60.918^a	8.013^a	0.403^a
Use duration (day)	42	46.688^a	1.750^a	63.497^a	7.628^a	0.393^a
p		.643	.954	.455	.347	.863
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		2.686	0.093	2.382	0.281	0.040
Green tea powder level (%)	0.25	42.592^a	1.585^a	62.818^ab	7.946^ab	0.380^a
	0.50	52.027^a	1.884^a	69.333^a	7.577^b	0.392^a
	0.75	46.250^a	1.662^a	53.772^b	6.757^b	0.350^a
	1.00	49.477^a	1.884^a	62.907^ab	9.003^a	0.468^a
p		.357	.290	.037	.009	.525
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		3.799	0.132	3.369	0.398	0.057
Duration (0 days)‐ level (0%)		52.847^a	1.837^a	69.333^a	9.457^a	0.377^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.25%)		44.227^a	1.692^a	61.970^ab	7.813^abc	0.357^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.25%)		40.957^a	1.479^a	63.667^a	8.080^abc	0.403^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.50%)		49.850^a	1.740^a	67.000^a	8.160^abc	0.413^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.50%)		54.203^a	2.027^a	71.667^a	6.993^bc	0.370^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.75%)		48.073^a	1.704^a	47.897^b	6.527^c	0.370^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.75%)		44.427^a	1.619^a	59.647^ab	6.987^bc	0.330^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (1.00%)		51.787^a	1.895^a	66.807^a	9.553^a	0.470^a
Duration (42 days)‐ level (1.00%)		47.167^a	1.874^a	59.007^ab	8.453^ab	0.467^a
p		.744	.630	.063	.010	.922
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		5.585	0.186	4.623	0.554	0.079

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