Table 4.
Carcass traits (%) of broilers as affected by dietary supplementation of ZnNPs, CurNPs and Bl. (n = 6).
| Carcass Traits (as a % of Pre-Slaughter Weight) | Items | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bursa | Spleen | Abdominal Fat | Dressing | Giblets | Carcass | Pre-Slaughter Weight | |
| 0.10 | 0.12 b | 1.11 b | 77.29 d | 3.28 e | 74.00 d | 2010.00 bc | Control |
| 0.12 | 0.08 c | 0.81 d | 78.69 b | 4.20 a | 74.49 c | 2047.50 b | T1 |
| 0.08 | 0.09 c | 1.32 a | 77.51 d | 3.88 b | 73.63 e | 1960.00 c | T2 |
| 0.14 | 0.12 b | 0.38 e | 78.85 b | 3.76 c | 75.09 b | 1995.00 bc | T3 |
| 0.13 | 0.16 a | 0.94 c | 79.19 ab | 3.60 d | 75.58 a | 2240.00 a | T4 |
| 0.15 | 0.12 b | 0.84 d | 78.08 c | 3.76 c | 74.32 c | 2020.00 bc | T5 |
| 0.17 | 0.12 b | 0.79 d | 79.55 a | 3.71 c | 75.85 a | 2075.00 b | T6 |
| 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.71 | 21.45 | SEM |
| 0.135 | 0.017 | 0.002 | 0.006 | <0.001 | 0.010 | 0.001 | p-value |
Basal diet (Control); T1: basal diet + 3.0 cm3 ZnNPs; T2: basal diet + 5.0 cm3 CurNPs; T3: basal diet + 2.0 cm3 BL; T4: basal diet + 3.0 cm3 ZnNPs + 2 cm3 BL; T5: basal diet + 3.0 cm3 ZnNPs + 5.0 cm3 CurNPs and T6: basal diet + 3.0 ZnNPs + 5.0 CurNPs + 2.0 cm3 BL. SEM: standard error mean. a–e Different letters within one column are significantly different (p < 0.05).