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

TABLE 6.

Statistical mean (±SEM) of ileum 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	Ileum weight (g)	Relative weight of ileum (%)	Ileum length (mm)	Ileum width (mm)	Ileum diameter (mm)
Use duration (day)	21	47.251^a	1.715^a	70.514^a	7.052^a	0.353^a
Use duration (day)	42	47.583^a	1.777^a	70.018^a	7.470^a	0.347^a
p		.947	.732	.902	.425	.749
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		3.503	0.127	2.796	0.361	0.045
Green tea powder level (%)	0.25	43.993^a	1.632^a	68.620^ab	7.090^a	0.307^a
	0.50	55.992^a	2.027^a	76.167^a	6.785^a	0.465^a
	0.75	45.125^a	1.620^a	63.135^b	6.963^a	0.305^a
	1.00	44.558^a	1.705^a	73.142^ab	8.205^a	0.378^a
p		.296	.368	.146	.233	.279
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		4.954	0.180	3.955	0.510	0.064
Duration (0 days)‐ level (0%)		50.680^a	1.769^a	77.667^a	7.837^ab	0.323^ab
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.25%)		44.187^a	1.692^a	66.573^a	6.227^ab	0.300^ab
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.25%)		43.800^a	1.572^a	70.667^a	7.953^ab	0.313^ab
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.50%)		56.083^a	1.959^a	76.667^a	5.970^b	0.347^ab
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.50%)		55.900^a	2.095^a	75.667^a	7.600^ab	0.583^a
Duration (21 days)‐ level (0.75%)		43.410^a	1.540^a	61.423^a	7.523^ab	0.360^ab
Duration (42 days)‐ level (0.75%)		46.840^a	1.700^a	64.847^a	6.403^ab	0.250^b
Duration (21 days)‐ level (1.00%)		45.323^a	1.668^a	77.393^a	8.487^a	0.407^ab
Duration (42 days)‐ level (1.00%)		43.793^a	1.742^a	68.890^a	7.923^ab	0.350^ab
p		.763	.807	.304	.162	.346
SEM (Standard Error of Mean)		6.653	0.240	5.306	0.681	0.086

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