Table 3.

Carcass traits and relative organs of growing Japanese quail as affected by dietary lemongrass essential oil (LGEO).

	LGEO (mg/kg diet)						P value2
Items	0	150	300	450	600	SEM1	Linear	Quadratic
Carcass %	71.21	73.69	74.81	68.51	74.33	2.362	0.9044	0.9427
Liver %	2.61	2.51	3.5	3.08	2.31	0.287	0.9750	0.0484
Gizzard %	2.88	2.13	3.27	2.35	2.76	0.212	0.9888	0.7670
Heart %	1.02	0.93	1.03	0.84	0.99	0.052	0.4678	0.4357
Giblets %	6.50	5.58	7.80	6.28	6.06	0.386	0.8970	0.1855
Dressing %	77.71	79.27	82.6	74.79	80.38	2.414	0.9215	0.7657

¹Standard error means.

²Linear and quadratic effects.