Table 4 The effects of different treatments on tibia bone characteristics.

From: Influence of nano silicon dioxide from sand and rice straw ash on broiler productivity, antioxidant status and bone quality

Item

Weight (g)

Length (cm)

Width (cm)

 

Ctrl

9.52

8.53

0.66b

300ppm

T2(Sand)

9.27

8.24

0.67b

T3 (Ash)

9.26

8.20

0.68b

T4 (NSis)

10.54

8.76

0.74a

T5 (NSia)

10.95

8.86

0.77a

600ppm

T6(Sand)

10.45

8.51

0.68b

T7 (Ash)

10.21

8.53

0.75a

T8 (NSis)

10.57

8.86

0.77a

T9 (NSia)

11.10

8.90

0.78a

Significance

NS

NS

***

SE

0.19

0.06

0.01

  1. *P ≤ 0.05, ***P < 0.0001, and NS, not significant (P > 0.05) indicate that there is no statistically significant difference between means in the same column. Normality of the data was confirmed using the Shapiro–Wilk test (p > 0.05).
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