Table 3.
Effect of dietary supplementation of probiotic complex on the relative organ weights of broiler chicks

Item Diets1
CON PC1 PC2
Liver (g/100g BW) 1.87±0.38 1.79±0.13 1.75±0.11
Pancreas (g/100g BW) 0.17±0.02 0.18±0.03 0.16±0.03
Spleen (g/100g BW) 0.10±0.03 0.09±0.01 0.09±0.02
Small intestine length (g/100 g BW) 6.50±0.32 6.13±0.58 6.48±0.51
Intestinal mucosal tissues (g/100g BW) 0.72±0.18b 0.94±0.16a 0.75±0.13ab
CON (basal diet), PC1 (basal diet supplemented with 0.25% of probiotic complex; L. plantarum, 1 × 106, B. subtilis 1 × 106, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1 × 106) and PC2 (basal diet supplemented with 0.5% of probiotic complex; L. plantarum, 1 × 106, B. subtilis 1 × 106, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1 × 106).
Values indicate mean±SD (n=8).