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. 2021 Aug 30;11(9):2541. doi: 10.3390/ani11092541

Table 5.

Effects of diets containing T-2 toxin and green tea powder on the relative weights of organs and carcass of Brown Tsaiya ducklings and Kaiya ducklings.

Treatment g/100 g BW
Organs Carcass
Heart Gizzard Liver Kidney Breast Leg Left Tibia Right Tibia
T-2 toxin (T), mg/kg
0 0.921 5.75 b 3.56 1.13 b 0.917 a 7.16 a 1.56 1.49
0.5 0.961 8.18 a 3.73 1.27 a 0.855 ab 6.76 ab 1.51 1.54
5 0.983 8.54 a 3.86 1.29 a 0.763 b 6.34 b 1.44 1.53
Green tea powder (G), %
0 0.993 a 7.47 3.92 a 1.29 a 0.823 6.53 1.42 a 1.48
0.5 0.917 b 7.51 3.51 b 1.18 b 0.866 6.98 1.58 b 1.55
Breed (B)
BTD 1 1.141 a 9.26 a 4.21 a 1.58 a 0.709 b 7.85 a 1.85 a 1.89 a
KD 0.769 b 5.72 b 3.22 b 0.89 b 0.981 a 5.66 b 1.16 b 1.15 b
SEM 0.051 0.405 0.215 0.084 0.081 0.431 0.102 0.114
Source of variation p-Values
T 0.2142 <0.0001 0.1458 0.0127 0.0286 0.0294 0.2615 0.1062
G 0.0098 0.8687 0.0012 0.0254 0.3609 0.0773 0.0088 0.3016
B <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
T × G 0.3407 0.5519 0.7071 0.2755 0.8118 0.5560 0.6880 0.7386
T × B 0.2282 <0.0001 0.0663 0.8104 0.3007 0.0032 0.0597 0.5375
G × B 0.0720 0.4704 0.0842 0.1710 0.0810 0.1093 0.0056 0.0424
T × G × B 0.6305 0.3593 0.9224 0.1981 0.6651 0.9003 0.3967 0.7332

a,b Means without the same superscripts in the same column differ (p < 0.05). 1 BTD: Brown Tsaiya duckling; BW: body weight; KD: Kaiya duckling.