Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Table 5 Effects of dietary FD supplementation on immune organ indexes of broilers

Item	CON	LFD	HFD	SEM	P-value
21 d
Bursa of Fabricius index	0.19^b	0.29^a	0.23^ab	0.016	0.025
Spleen index	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.004	0.263
Thymus index	0.46	0.50	0.42	0.025	0.417
42 d
Bursa of Fabricius index	0.15	0.13	0.16	0.013	0.730
Spleen index	0.08^b	0.13^a	0.10^ab	0.008	0.021
Thymus index	0.42	0.43	0.50	0.020	0.168

CON Basal diet, LFD Basal diet + 500 mg/kg FD, HFD Basal diet + 1000 mg/kg FD, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)

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