Table 3 Effect of herbal immune-modulator on immune response and immune organ weight in broiler chickens.

Diet	Immune response		Immune organ weight (% of live weight)
Diet	Foot web index (mm)	HA Titre (log₂)	Spleen	Bursa	Thymus
T₁	0.41^b	2.88^c	0.20	0.15^ab	0.40
T₂	0.46^ab	3.18^b	0.26	0.18^a	0.43
T₃	0.48^ab	2.82^c	0.17	0.14^b	0.42
T₄	0.53^a	2.87^c	0.16	0.16^ab	0.44
T₅	0.55^a	3.33^bc	0.28	0.19^a	0.43
T₆	0.48^ab	3.51^a	0.24	0.17^ab	0.39
SEM	0.01	0.06	0.01	0.01	0.03
P	0.023	0.001	0.085	0.018	0.725

Mean values bearing the same superscript in a column did not differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).
T₁ = Control, T₂ = T₁ + Commercial HI, T₃ = T₁ + 1.0% HI, T₄ = T₁ + 1.5% HI, T₅ = T₁ + 2.0% HI, T₆ = T₁ + 2.5% HI.
HIM = Herbal Immuno-modulator.
SEM = Standard error of mean.

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