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Table 4. Effects of maltodextrin microencapsulated turmeric on the inner body organs of broilers.

Treatments	Proventiculus (%)	Liver (%)	Gizzard (%)	Heart (%)	Pancreas (%)	Intestinal (%)	Bursa fabricius (%)	Thymus (%)	Spleen (%)
TM0	0.587^a	2.35	1.32^a	0.51	0.276	8.14^b	0.132^b	0.362	0.078^b
TM1	0.483^ab	2.31	1.27^ab	0.472	0.257	8.21^ab	0.145^b	0.384	0.080^b
TM2	0.453^ab	2.26	1.21^ab	0.489	0.25	8.45^ab	0.155^ab	0.376	0.092^ab
TM3	0.410^bc	2.18	1.08^b	0.492	0.221	8.86^a	0.149^ab	0.386	0.118^a
SEM	0.058	0.103	0.056	0.074	0.016	0.051	0.033	0.057	0.038
p-value	0.007	0.441	0.003	0.348	0.119	0.01	0.021	0.236	0.006

SEM = Standard error of the mean; TM0 = 0 gm/kg of basal feed; TM1 = 1 gm/kg of basal feed; TM2 = 2 gm/kg of basal feed; and TM3 = 3 gm/kg of basal feed. ^abcMeans in the same column are different at p <0.05.