Treatment | Â | Immune organ growth index (mg/g) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Liver (g/bird) | Spleen | Bursa of Fabricius | Thymus | |
TC,b added clove, mg/kg | ||||
 0 | 32.68 | 1.30 | 3.99 | 1.13 |
ET,b added clove, mg/kg | ||||
 0 | 27.87 | 1.18 | 3.53 | 0.90 |
 200 | 29.72 | 1.34 | 4.32 | 1.00 |
 400 | 33.01 | 1.51 | 4.68 | 1.12 |
 600 | 35.34 | 1.55 | 5.66 | 1.17 |
 SEM | 0.68 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
 | P-value | |||
TC vs. ET at 0Â mg of clove/kg | 0.043 | 0.016 | 0.140 | 0.003 |
Effects of clove under ET | ||||
 Linear | 0.004 | 0.014 | 0.039 | 0.025 |
 Quadratic | 0.093 | 0.148 | 0.341 | 0.007 |