Table 4 Morphological traits and relative asymmetry (RA) of bilateral morphological lengts of male broiler chicks exposed to in ovo L- carnitine injection

Day, 0

 C

17.82 ± 0.13

0.15 ± 0.00

17.29 ± 0.32

6.40 ± 0.13^a

14.15 ± 0.20^a

16.00 ± 0.23^a

17.38 ± 0.24

1.47 ± 0.45

1.72 ± 0.05

1.58 ± 0.26^a

 IOPW

17.94 ± 0.13

0.14 ± 0.00

16.46 ± 0.31

5.86 ± 0.12^b

13.03 ± 0.19^b

14.41 ± 0.21^b

17.00 ± 0.23

1.22 ± 0.42

2.33 ± 0.47

0.61 ± 0.25^b

 IOPW + L-car

17.78 ± 0.13

0.15 ± 0.00

16.72 ± 0.31

5.94 ± 0.14^b

12.81 ± 0.19^b

13.72 ± 0.21^c

16.79 ± 0.22

1.48 ± 0.42

2.23 ± 0.47

0.86 ± 0.25^ab

 P value

0.683

0.116

0.203

0.012

0.002

0.001

0.212

0.888

647

0.052

Day, 3

 C

22.38 ± 0.35^a

0.17 ± 0.01

18.72 ± 0.24

6.73 ± 0.09

13.79 ± 0.18

16.36 ± 0.30^a

20.22 ± 0.13

0.96 ± 0.03

0.76 ± 0.02

0.73 ± 0.02

 IOPW

20.62 ± 0.35^b

0.17 ± 0.01

18.60 ± 0.34

6.33 ± 0.13

13.78 ± 0.25

15.18 ± 0.42^b

19.71 ± 0.18

1.01 ± 0.05

0.64 ± 0.03

0.82 ± 0.02

 IOPW + L-car

21.20 ± 0.35^b

0.18 ± 0.01

18.88 ± 0.34

6.62 ± 0.13

14.24 ± 0.25

15.09 ± 0.42^b

20.02 ± 0.18

1.39 ± 0.04

0.98 ± 0.03

0.75 ± 0.02

 P value

0.011

0.695

0.846

0.085

0.316

0.034

0.109

0.749

0.762

0.964

Day, 7

 C

26.36 ± 0.34

0.26 ± 0.01

20.25 ± 0.38

8.08 ± 0.15

15.19 ± 0.26

20.09 ± 0.29

23.54 ± 0.22

1.08 ± 0.03^a

0.68 ± 0.02

0.32 ± 0.02

 IOPW

25.67 ± 0.38

0.24 ± 0.01

20.33 ± 0.42

8.27 ± 0.15

14.51 ± 0.26

19.62 ± 0.33

23.07 ± 0.22

0.83 ± 0.03^b

0.77 ± 0.02

0.47 ± 0.02

 IOPW + L-car

26.10 ± 0.34

0.24 ± 0.01

19.78 ± 0.38

8.06 ± 0.15

15.31 ± 0.26

20.45 ± 0.29

23.54 ± 0.22

0.41 ± 0.03^c

0.59 ± 0.02

0.74 ± 0.02

 P value

0.438

0.413

0.579

0.607

0.147

0.219

0.306

0.032

0.567

0.292