Table-3.
Live body, carcass, and immune organs’ weight (mean±SE/g) in broilers supplemented with different concentrations of probiotics.
| Probiotic g/L | LBW/g | Carcass weight/g | Edible organs weights/g | Immune organs weights/g | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver/g | Heart/g | Bursa/g | Spleen/g | Thymus/g | |||
| Overall means concerning probiotic concentrations | |||||||
| 0.5 g/L | 1876d±4.63 | 1555d±4.6 | 20.5d±0.18 | 10.3d±0.02 | 1.45e±0.01 | 1.51e±0.04 | 2.51b, c±0.08 |
| 1.0* g/L | 1923c±6.85 | 1692c±6.8 | 21.7c±0.22 | 11.5c±0.09 | 1.78d±0.01 | 1.74c±0.06 | 2.10d±0.03 |
| 1.5 g/L | 2102b±14.39 | 1892b±14.3 | 23.1b±0.16 | 12.9b±0.05 | 1.86c±0.04 | 1.61d±0.01 | 2.45c±0.02 |
| 2.0 g/L | 2191a±12.00 | 1996a±12.0 | 24.8a±0.16 | 14.5a±0.03 | 2.33a±0.05 | 2.46b±0.07 | 2.97a±0.06 |
| Control | 1789e±6.21 | 1433e±6.2 | 19.2e±0.09 | 9.2e±0.02 | 2.12b±0.05 | 2.62a±0.01 | 2.56b±0.03 |
| p value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Means carrying different superscripts in the same column are significantly different at P≤0.05 or highly significantly different at P<0.01. Means carrying the same superscripts in the same column are non-significantly different at P>0.05. LBW=Live body weight, SE=Standard error,
*
Recommended concentration by the manufacturer