Table 3 Effect of Lemon (LEO), fenugreek (FEO) and sesame (SEO) essential oils and their mixture on carcass criteria of broilers.

From: Physiological, nutritional, and productive responses of broilers supplemented with lemon, fenugreek, and sesame oils as feed additives

Items

Treatments

SEM

P-value

C

LEO

FEO

SEO

Mix

LBW

2231.7

2388.3

2465.8

2210.8

2082.5

48.365

0.083

Dressing %

75.294

76.083

75.097

76.751

75.617

0.798

0.973

Liver %

1.933

2.106

1.910

1.849

2.072

0.077

0.827

Gizzard %

1.722a

1.235b

1.094b

1.334b

1.389b

0.057

0.003

Heart %

0.489

0.527

0.469

0.531

0.540

0.016

0.639

Pancrease %

0.240a

0.135b

0.1359b

0.169b

0.132b

0.010

0.001

Small intestinal weight %

4.462

4.214

4.661

4.301

3.652

0.198

0.598

Small intestinal L (cm)

184.5

180.0

195.8

181.6

176.6

3.229

0.408

Fat abdominal%

0.327

0.267

0.242

0.291

0.274

0.009

0.626

Cecum weight %

0.607

0.866

0.695

0.774

0.734

0.029

0.057

  1. a,b,cMeans within the same row carrying different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05). Control: control, LEO: basal diets supplemented with lemon essential oil at 400 mg/kg, FEO: basal diets supplemented with fenugreek essential oil at 400 mg/kg, SEO: basal diets supplemented with sesame essential oil at 400 mg/kg, Mix: basal diets supplemented with Lemon, fenugreek and sesame essential oils.
Back to article page