Table 5 Effect of herbal immune-modulator on carcass traits (% of live weight) in broiler chicken.

From: Effect of dietary supplementation of herbal immuno-modulator on growth performance, immune response and serum biochemical indices of broiler chickens

Diet

Live weight (g)

Dressing percentage

Carcass yield

Abd. fat

Heart

Liver

Gizzard

Intestine

Intestine length (cm)

T1

1520.50b

72.68

64.72b

1.63

0.45

2.58

2.75

5.56

171.50

T2

1564.27ab

70.25

64.65b

1.73

0.51

2.57

2.53

5.26

183.50

T3

1537.33b

71.28

65.72ab

1.68

0.49

2.43

2.64

5.46

189.17

T4

1565.79ab

71.10

65.84ab

1.66

0.52

2.43

2.32

5.79

189.67

T5

1605.67a

70.44

66.89a

1.89

0.46

2.67

2.59

5.94

186.67

T6

1539.25b

71.46

65.87ab

1.64

0.53

2.62

2.44

5.73

187.00

SEM

21.65

0.22

0.21

0.09

0.01

0.05

0.05

0.09

2.14

P

0.006

0.073

0.008

0.974

0.124

0.614

0.274

0.349

0.129

  1. Mean values bearing the same superscript in a column did not differ significantly (P < 0.05).
  2. 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.
  3. HI = Herbal Immuno-modulator.
  4. SEM = Standard error of mean.
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