Table 3. Details of the included studies.

Study name	N	Strain	Sex	Diet type	Seaweed type	Dose (g/kg)	Period (d)
Mohammadigheisar et al. 27	864	Ross	Male	Corn-SBM	Blend of brown, green, and red seaweed	5, 10, and 20	1-42
Bai et al. 28	144	Arbor Acres	Mixed	Corn-SBM	L. japonica	10	1-42
Shi et al. 29	384	Ross	Mixed	Corn-SBM	Fermented U. pinnatifida	2	1-35
Ahmed et al. 30	70	Ross	Mixed	Corn-SBM	Fermented L. japonica	5	1-35
Choi et al. 31	750	Ross	Male	Corn-SBM	U. pinnatifida (as such and fermented) and H. fusiformis (as such and fermented)	5	1-35
Abudabos et al. 32	45	Ross	Male	Corn-SBM	U. lactuca	10 and 30	12-33

n: number of broiler chickens, SBM: soybean meal.