Table 2.
Effect of photoperiod on liver weight, breast muscle weight, and length of the small intestine in broiler chicks from 0 to 7 days
Parameters
Photoperiod (L/D)
SEM
1
P
-value
24 L
22 L/2D
18 L/6D
Liver weight (% of BW)
4.31
a
4.19
ab
3.85
b
0.125
<0.05
Breast muscle weight (% of BW)
6.23
a
6.09
a
5.59
b
0.144
<0.05
Length of small intestine (cm)
37.3
36.0
35.4
0.778
0.21
SEM, standard error of means.
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (
P
<0.05).