Table 3. Effects of dietary supplementation of turmeric extract on relative organ weights in broiler chicks1),2)

NC PC Turmeric extract SEM P-value
20 ppm 200 ppm
---------- g/100g BW ----------
Liver 1.90 2.16 1.83 1.85 0.02 0.23
Spleen 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.01 0.09
Pancreas 0.25 0.23 0.26 0.23 0.01 0.11
Kidney 0.33 0.35 0.34 0.36 0.02 0.16
Bursa of fabricius 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.01 0.13
Abdominal fat 1.28a 1.23a 1.06b 1.03b 0.04 <0.05
Data are least squares means of 12 observations per treatment.
NC, antibiotic-free diet; PC, basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.
Means within the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).