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Table 6 Organ weight (g/kg body weight) of broiler chickens fed with diets containing fortified bread waste meals

From: Inclusion of fluted pumpkin (Telfaria occidentalis) fortified bread waste in broiler chickens’ diets

Parameters

Diet I

Diet II

Diet III

Diet IV

Liver

16.08 ± 2.11

15.09 ± 2.02

16.48 ± 2.13

17.27 ± 2.22

Heart

3.55 ± 0.04

3.78 ± 0.09

4.12 ± 0.18

3.58 ± 0.06

Lung

4.10 ± 0.21

4.29 ± 0.26

4.33 ± 0.28

4.46 ± 0.42

Gizzard

12.54 ± 1.44

11.91 ± 1.30

13.47 ± 1.78

12.75 ± 1.58

Spleen

1.82 ± 0.13

1.75 ± 0.09

1.80 ± 0.11

1.57 ± 0.06

Pancreas

2.41 ± 0.18a

1.83 ± 0.12bc

2.10 ± 0.13b

2.75 ± 0.22a

Proventriculus

3.41 ± 0.19

3.94 ± 0.26

3.27 ± 0.15

3.09 ± 0.11

Belly fat

10.12 ± 1.20

15.47 ± 1.62

11.20 ± 1.30

14.17 ± 1.50

  1. a,b,cMean within rows having different superscripts is significantly different (P < 0.05)