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Table 3 Effect of extruded rice bran on P availability, tibial weight and ash, and organ weights in broiler chicks

From: Effects of extrusion of rice bran on performance and phosphorous bioavailability in broiler chickens

 

Diets

Statistics

Items

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

SEM

p-value

P availability (%)

48.26a

37.44c

35.06c

46.29a

42.54b

2.812

<0.0001

Tibial weighte

0.34

0.36

0.35

0.34

0.35

0.022

0.5457

Tibial ashf

47.83a

43.81c

40.40d

47.85a

45.96b

1.312

<0.0001

Organse

       

Heart

0.51c

0.57ab

0.58a

0.50c

0.53bc

0.032

0.0034

Liver

2.20

2.29

2.34

2.25

2.21

0.111

0.2981

Pancreas

0.22c

0.27b

0.30a

0.23c

0.22c

0.011

<0.0001

  1. T1 control, T2 20 % raw rice bran, T3 30 % raw rice bran, T4 20 % extruded rice bran, T5 30 % extruded rice bran
  2. a−dMeans in the same row with different letters differ significantly (p < 0.05)
  3. ePercentage of live body weight
  4. fPercentage of dry bone weight