TABLE 3.
Dietary EP levels (mg/kg) | Proventriculus, % | Gizzard, % | Pancreas, % | Heart, % | Liver, % | Spleen, % | Thymus, % | Bursa of Fabricius, % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0.419 | 1.772 | 0.253 | 0.392 | 2.995 | 0.16 | 0.389 | 0.179a |
1000 | 0.398 | 1.662 | 0.258 | 0.396 | 2.775 | 0.188 | 0.485 | 0.319b |
2500 | 0.392 | 1.726 | 0.245 | 0.372 | 2.631 | 0.185 | 0.515 | 0.243ab |
4000 | 0.400 | 1.612 | 0.231 | 0.340 | 2.67 | 0.139 | 0.454 | 0.249ab |
5500 | 0.420 | 1.63 | 0.266 | 0.385 | 2.856 | 0.168 | 0.581 | 0.219ab |
7000 | 0.445 | 1.687 | 0.244 | 0.373 | 2.713 | 0.212 | 0.498 | 0.220ab |
SEM1 | 0.027 | 0.109 | 0.02 | 0.041 | 0.196 | 0.033 | 0.068 | 0.043ab |
Contrast | p‐value | |||||||
Linear | 0.622 | 0.403 | 0.390 | 0.171 | 0.278 | 0.652 | 0.469 | 0.486 |
Quadratic | 0.603 | 0.986 | 0.643 | 0.415 | 0.349 | 0.271 | 0.258 | 0.130 |
Cubic | 0.994 | 0.477 | 0.853 | 0.821 | 0.860 | 0.942 | 0.931 | 0.135 |
SEM, standard errors of mean.