Effect of dried Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella growth factor on growth performance, meat qualities and humoral immune responses in broiler chickens

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Table 2 Effect of dried chlorella powder (DCP) and chlorella growth factor (CGF) on relative weights of various tissues in broiler chickens

Item	NC^a	PC^b	DCP			CGF		SEM^c	p value
Item	NC^a	PC^b	0.05 %	0.15 %	0.5 %	0.05 %	0.15 %	SEM^c	p value
Liver	2.26	2.16	2.28	2.24	2.11	2.29	2.14	0.06	0.212
Spleen	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.01	0.875
Bursa of fabricius	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.2	0.23	0.27	0.22	0.01	0.711
Abdominal fat	1.84	2.03	1.77	2.01	1.95	1.92	1.96	0.11	0.645
Breast meat	6.20	6.24	6.48	6.48	6.39	6.32	6.38	0.18	0.894
Leg meat	8.87	9.37	9.04	9.30	9.14	9.27	9.04	0.24	0.825

Each value expressed as relative percentage to body weight represents the mean of eight chicks per treatment
^aNegative control (non-medicated basal diet)
^bPositive control (NC + virginiamycin 10 ppm)
^cPooled standard error of the mean