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Table 4 Effects of in ovo injection of oligosaccharides on relative organ weight (g/100 g of carcass weight) of digestive organ and meat portions at d 28 post-hatch

From: Effects of in ovo delivered xylo- and mannan- oligosaccharides on growth performance, intestinal immunity, cecal short-chain fatty acids, and cecal microbiota of broilers

Variables

Treatments

 

NSC

XOS3

XOS4

MOS3

MOS4

NIC

SEM (n = 5)

P-value

Liver

3.12

2.95

3.06

3.04

3.15

2.89

0.11

0.557

Proventriculus

0.63

0.59

0.64

0.68

0.61

0.60

0.04

0.737

Gizzard

1.99ab

1.90b

2.21ab

2.23ab

2.28a

2.20ab

0.08

0.015

Drumstick

4.30

4.50

4.47

4.44

4.08

4.18

0.20

0.580

Breast

21.72

21.29

20.46

20.52

22.07

22.07

0.78

0.516

  1. NSC normal saline, XOS3 xylotriose, XOS4 xylotetraose, MOS3 mannotriose, MOS4 mannotetraose, NIC no injection control
  2. a-bWithin rows for variables, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891