Growth, Mineral Deposition, and Physiological Responses of Broiler Chickens Offered Honey in Drinking Water during Hot-Dry Season

Table 5

Effect of honey on physiological responses and relative weight of organs of broiler chickens during hot-dry season.

Parameter	Mean
	0H	10H	20H	AA	sem
Rectal temperature (^°C)	40.5	40.8	40.7	40.6	0.09
Panting rate (breaths/minute)	39.0^a	35.4^ab	32.3^b	39.2^a	1.52
Heart rate (beats/minute)	108.7^a	76.4^bc	72.5^c	95.2^ab	6.06
Liver (%)	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.5	0.15
Kidney (%)	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.003
Lung (%)	0.60	0.81	0.61	0.63	0.066
Spleen (%)	0.10	0.16	0.11	0.10	0.018
Bursa (%)	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.015
Thymus (%)	0.07^b	0.06^b	0.10^a	0.11^a	0.012
Heart (%)	0.45	0.41	0.44	0.42	0.026

^a,b,cMeans with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (𝑃<0.05).