Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 Effects of in ovo sodium butyrate administration on the relative weights (g/100 g of body weight) and lengths (cm/100 g per body weight) of intestines in broiler chickens with different hatch weights on d 14

From: In ovo sodium butyrate administration differentially impacts growth performance, intestinal barrier function, immune response, and gut microbiota characteristics in low and high hatch-weight broilers

Items¹		Relative weight				Relative length
Items¹		Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	Cecum	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	Cecum
HW	SB
HHW	Control	1.71	1.92	1.25	0.84	5.64^cde	11.99^b	9.93^b	5.38^abc
	SB1	1.87	2.11	1.50	1.14	5.52^de	12.05^b	11.23^ab	4.87^bc
	SB3	1.72	2.18	1.43	1.05	6.38^ab	12.64^b	11.48^ab	5.31^abc
	SB5	1.84	2.67	1.74	0.85	6.94^a	14.68^a	13.31^a	5.95^a
LHW	Control	1.99	2.16	1.72	1.11	6.12^bcd	12.89^ab	11.74^ab	5.66^ab
	SB1	1.86	2.52	1.59	0.91	5.33^e	11.82^b	10.14^b	4.59^c
	SB3	1.68	2.20	1.52	1.08	5.73^bcde	10.93^b	9.85^b	4.67^c
	SB5	1.59	2.51	1.59	0.62	6.35^abc	12.77^ab	12.81^a	5.01^abc
SD		0.278	0.473	0.295	0.391	0.626	1.424	1.748	0.659
Main effects
HW
HHW		1.79	2.22	1.48	0.97	6.12	12.84^a	11.49	5.38^a
LHW		1.78	2.35	1.61	0.93	5.89	12.10^b	11.14	4.98^b
SB
Control		1.85	2.04	1.49	0.98	5.88^b	12.44^b	10.84^b	5.52^ab
SB1		1.87	2.32	1.55	1.03	5.43^c	11.94^b	10.67^b	4.73^c
SB3		1.70	2.19	1.48	1.07	6.06^b	11.79^b	10.66^b	4.99^bc
SB5		1.72	2.59	1.67	0.74	6.65^a	13.73^a	13.06^a	5.48^a
P value
HW		0.202	0.325	0.122	0.731	0.218	0.041	0.397	0.011
SB		0.165	0.323	0.328	0.160	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001
HW × SB		0.202	0.187	0.062	0.332	0.001	0.011	0.015	0.030

¹HW Hatch weight, SB Sodium butyrate inclusion level. Control: HHW or LHW chicks from eggs injected with 0.2 mL of 0.9% NaCl. SB1, SB3, SB5: HHW or LHW chicks from eggs injected with 0.2 mL of 0.1%, 0.3%, or 0.5% SB, respectively
The data are presented as the mean and pooled standard deviation (SD) (n = 6 birds/group)
^a–eValues with different superscripts in a column indicate statistical significance at P < 0.05 (two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s HSD test)

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