Table 6
Effects of capsicum oleoresin, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and their mixtures added to broilers’ mixed feed on the nutrient compositions of the breast and leg meat (x ± SEM)
| Treatment Groups | |
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Control | CAP | CAR | CIN | CAP + CAR + CIN | P |
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Breast meat | Dry matter,% | 26.57 ± 0.25 | 26.28 ± 0.26 | 26.68 ± 0.17 | 26.37 ± 0.28 | 26.89 ± 0.26 | 0.424 |
Crude ash,% | 0.95 ± 0.10 | 1.20 ± 0.04 | 1.07 ± 0.07 | 1.15 ± 0.06 | 1.10 ± 0.07 | 0.097 |
Crude fat,% | 0.66 ± 0.09a | 0.26 ± 0.03b | 0.35 ± 0.04b | 0.73 ± 0.06a | 0.36 ± 0.08b | 0.000 |
Crude protein,% | 24.93 ± 0.26bc | 25.02 ± 0.25bc | 27.61 ± 1.00a | 23.95 ± 0.23c | 25.41 ± 0.32b | 0.000 |
Leg meat | Dry matter,% | 23.34 ± 0.27b | 24.26 ± 0.35b | 25.86 ± 0.61a | 23.93 ± 0.71b | 24.23 ± 0.45b | 0.009 |
Crude ash,% | 1.06 ± 0.06 | 0.93 ± 0.04 | 1.03 ± 0.04 | 1.04 ± 0.03 | 1.07 ± 0.05 | 0.140 |
Crude fat,% | 0.80 ± 0.06a | 0.48 ± 0.08bc | 0.65 ± 0.08ab | 0.55 ± 0.08b | 0.28 ± 0.05c | 0.000 |
Crude protein,% | 21.10 ± 0.25b | 20.41 ± 0.28b | 21.23 ± 0.44b | 21.41 ± 0.35b | 23.52 ± 0.76a | 0.001 |