Table 4 Summary effects of agricultural byproduct feeding on carcass and organ of broiler

Items Fixed effect model Random effect model Heterogeneity
ES1 SE2 P-value ES SE P-value I2 Q P-value
Carcass weight 0.26 0.19 0.17 0.26 0.19 0.17 0.00 4.83 0.78
Dressing percentage 0.18 0.20 0.37 0.00 0.32 1.00 60.98 20.50 0.01
Abdominal fat —0.03 0.23 0.88 —1.56 0.69 0.02 85.58 55.49 <0.01
Liver weight —0.06 0.15 0.71 —0.43 0.43 0.32 86.85 136.91 <0.01
Spleen weight 0.14 0.14 0.33 0.14 0.14 0.33 0.00 9.52 0.80
1 ES, summarized effect size based on standardized mean difference.
2 SE, standard error of summarized effect size.