Table 5.

Weight of the breast and thigh (in grams and percent, relative to bird weight).

Item	Control	1,500 μg/ml IgY	3,000 μg/ml IgY	4,000 μg/ml IgY
BW (g)	2,099.60 ± 12.30	2,160.21 ± 183.05	2,243.42 ± 145.91	2,475.40 ± 133.20***
Breast W (g)	159 ± 5.32	163 ± 5.78	217 ± 9.40	241 ± 10.22**
Breast (% of BW)	7.57	7.55	9.67	9.74
Thigh W (g)	142 ± 4.27	151 ± 4.47	162 ± 5.38	173 ± 6.36*
Thigh (% of BW)	6.14	6.99	7.13	7.23

Data were presented as the mean ± SEM and evaluated using one-way ANOVA.

BW, body weight; IgY, immunoglobulin Y; W, weight.

***p <0.001, **p <0.01, *p <0.05 (compared to the control group).