Research Article
Dietary Supplementation of Phoenix dactylifera Seeds Enhances Performance, Immune Response, and Antioxidant Status in Broilers
Table 6
Dressing percentage and relative weights for liver, heart, gizzard and spleen, and thymus and bursa of control and treated groups.
| Item | Dressing % | Liver | Heart | Gizzard | Spleen | Thymus | Bursa |
| Control | 68% ± 0.01 | 40 ± 2.08 | 9.83 ± 0.09 | 31 ± 1.53 | 1.7 ± 0.06 | 2.83 ± 0.03 | 2.10 ± 0.06 | Bio-Mos | 71% ± 0.01 | 40.67 ± 1.76 | 10.5 ± 0.29 | 34.33 ± 0.67 | 1.93 ± 0.07 | 3.20 ± 0.06 | 2.23 ± 0.07 | β-Glucan | 72% ± 0.01 | 42 ± 1.15 | 10.67 ± 0.17 | 34.33 ± 0.67 | 1.9 ± 0.06 | 3.23 ± 0.03 | 2.23 ± 0.07 | DPS2 | 71% ± 0.01 | 41.67 ± 2.03 | 10.33 ± 0.44 | 32.67 ± 2.33 | 1.83 ± 0.09 | 3.13 ± 0.07 | 2.13 ± 0.09 | DPS4 | 71% ± 0.01 | 41.67 ± 2.03 | 10.17 ± 0.6 | 31 ± 0.58 | 1.9 ± 0.06 | 2.97 ± 0.09 | 2.20 ± 0.06 | DPS6 | 69% ± 0.01 | 40.33 ± 1.86 | 10.43 ± 0.23 | 32 ± 1.0 | 1.77 ± 0.03 | 3.03 ± 0.09 | 2.10 ± 0.06 |
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Means within the same column carrying different letters are significantly different at . Values are expressed as means ± SE.
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