Table 3 Impact of dietary silymarin on the relative weights of carcass cuts and internal organs of weaned Moshtohor rabbits fed diet infected with aflatoxin.

From: Ameliorative effects of silymarin on aflatoxin B1 toxicity in weaned rabbits: impact on growth, blood profile, and oxidative stress

Parameters

AF

AF + Silymarin 20 mg

AF + Silymarin 30 mg

SEM

P Value

Live body weight(g)

1343.00b

1684.67a

1700.67a

36.28

0.0004

Carcass (%)

50.20

46.06

48.03

2.43

0.26

Head rate (%)

6.29a

5.10b

5.42b

0.36

0.03

Hind legs rate (%)

13.13

12.21

14.23

1.03

0.37

Saddle rate (%)

9.33

10.47

10.59

0.41

0.23

Fore legs rate (%)

9.10

9.43

10.05

0.24

0.32

Thoracical neck rate (%)

11.42

9.45

12.37

1.25

0.15

Liver (%)

2.46

2.30

2.18

0.17

0.21

Kidney (%)

0.77

0.68

0.65

0.05

0.28

Spleen (%)

0.064

0.059

0.045

0.01

0.19

Lung (%)

0.79

0.63

0.66

0.07

0.47

Heart (%)

0.20

0.26

0.21

0.02

0.13

  1. a,b,cLetters indicate significant differences among means within the same row (p < 0.05). AF: Rabbits fed on diet infected with 0.02 mg aflatoxin B1 /kg BW. AF + Silymarin 20 mg: Rabbits received diet infected with 0.02 mg aflatoxin B1 /kg BW and treated with Silymarin 20 mg/kg BW/day. AF + Silymarin 30 mg: Rabbits received diet infected with 0.02 mg aflatoxin B1/kg BW and treated with Silymarin 30 mg/kg BW/day. The parameters rate and organ index were calculated as follows: parameters rate or organ index = (organ weight/living weight) × 100%.
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