Table 3.
Influence of protease supplementation on relative weights and lengths of three different small intestine sections in broiler chickens at 35 days post-hatch

Treatment Duodenum Jejunum Ileum
Length (cm/kg bird) Weight (g/kg bird) Length (cm/kg bird) Weight (g/kg bird) Length (cm/kg bird) Weight (g/kg bird)
Control 7.22 2.48 11.04 2.48 49.62 16.36
Control+protease 6.15 2.48 10.41 2.99 54.29 17.41
SEM1 0.520 0.075 0.642 0.372 5.356 2.168
P-value 0.184 0.967 0.511 0.370 0.734 0.744
Standard error of the mean.