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Table 4 Effects of pawpaw leaf and seed meal composite mix (PCM) supplementation on carcass and relative internal organs (%SW) of broiler chickens

From: Effect of pawpaw leaf and seed meal composite mix dietary supplementation on haematological indices, carcass traits and histological studies of broiler chicken

 

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

SEM

P value

Dressing %

71.23

71.28

75.51

79.62

76.07

75.25

1.11

0.23

Liver

1.79

1.76

1.71

1.73

1.72

1.73

0.03

0.97

Heart

0.34

0.33

0.31

0.30

0.34

0.35

0.01

0.32

Lung

0.45

0.45

0.46

0.42

0.45

0.45

0.02

0.98

Bile

0.13

0.12

0.11

0.13

0.11

0.07

0.01

0.13

Gizzard

1.99

2.09

2.45

2.08

2.45

2.32

0.06

0.07

Spleen

0.14

0.15

0.16

0.12

0.11

0.11

0.01

0.13

Bursa

0.15

0.16

0.16

0.14

0.15

0.16

0.01

0.90

  1. D1: 0 % PCM (control); D2: 0.2 % PCM, D3: 0.4 % PCM; D4: 0.6 % PCM, D5: 0.8 % PCM; D6: 1.0 % PCM
  2. SEM standard error of means
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