. 2022 Oct 17;12(20):2809. doi: 10.3390/ani12202809

Table 5.

Effect of gum Arabic (GA) powder on the relative weight of internal organs and pH values of gastrointestinal tract segments in male broiler chickens on d 10 of age.

Parameters	GA Levels, %						SEM ²	p-Value ³
Parameters	0.00	0.12	0.25	0.50	0.75	1.00	SEM ²	GA	L	Q
Internal organs ¹
Proventriculus	0.87	0.84	0.82	1.04	0.89	0.90	0.05	0.105	0.634	0.696
Gizzard	2.99	2.74	3.06	3.13	2.97	2.82	0.10	0.176	0.678	0.374
Thymus	0.29 ^b	0.39 ^b	0.46 ^a	0.52 ^a	0.56 ^a	0.43 ^b	0.03	0.002	0.001	0.002
Bursa	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.21	0.18	0.20	0.01	0.857	0.738	0.565
Spleen	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.004	0.284	0.392	0.051
Liver	3.23	3.09	3.08	3.42	3.48	3.31	0.09	0.057	0.664	0.734
Heart	0.66	0.69	0.64	0.67	0.71	0.70	0.02	0.587	0.403	0.621
Pancreas	0.52	0.52	0.46	0.48	0.54	0.46	0.02	0.225	0.322	0.710
Kidney	0.72	0.69	0.75	0.80	0.84	0.76	0.05	0.558	0.458	0.662
SmallIntestine	9.6	9.2	8.2	9.2	8.7	8.9	0.33	0.130	0.040	0.040
PH values of gastrointestinal tract segments
Proventriculus	4.2 ^a	4.5 ^a	4.2 ^a	3.3 ^b	4.0 ^a	3.7 ^b	0.17	0.013	0.230	0.880
Gizzard	2.8	3.1	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	0.12	0.061	0.440	0.210
Duodenum	6.5 ^a	6.3 ^b	6.6 ^a	6.3 ^a	6.3 ^a	6.2 ^b	0.05	0.002	0.006	0.590
Jejunum	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.1	6.2	0.13	0.801	0.610	0.960
Ileum	6.2	6.0	6.4	5.9	6.0	6.4	0.13	0.145	0.680	0.330
Cecum	6.6 ^a	6.1 ^b	6.3 ^a	6.2 ^a	6.3 ^a	6.0 ^b	0.10	0.007	0.005	0.403

^a,b Means that do not share a common superscripted letter within a row for each parameter differ significantly from those of the basal diet (0.0%), as determined by the Dunnett test (p < 0.05). ¹ (g/100 g of live BW). ² SEM = Standard error of means for diet effect. ³ GA = gum Arabic response; L = linear response; Q = quadratic response.