Table 3. Effects of dietary energy level during the pullets and growing period (3 to 18 weeks of age) on organ index and body size of pullets

Parameter	Treatment	Weeks				SEM	P-value
Parameter	Treatment	6	13	16	18	SEM	P-value
Liver	H	11.18^d	16.92^Ac	21.39^b	21.54^a	0.648	<.0001
	Con	11.24^c	16.60^Ab	22.60^a	20.22^a	0.562	<.0001
	L	10.48^c	16.85^Ab	21.78^a	20.27^a	0.529	<.0001
	VL	11.14^c	14.38^Bb	21.75^a	21.23^a	0.467	<.0001
	SEM	0.376	0.513	0.632	0.655
	P-value	0.448	0.004	0.588	0.387
Liver (% of BW)	H	2.37^a	1.56^b	1.48^b	1.33^c	0.057	<.0001
	Con	2.45^a	1.57^b	1.59^bc	1.25^c	0.051	<.0001
	L	2.30^a	1.66^b	1.56^b	1.28^c	0.059	<.0001
	VL	2.55^a	1.48^bc	1.59^b	1.37^c	0.060	<.0001
	SEM	0.084	0.048	0.046	0.039
	P-value	0.219	0.090	0.297	0.174
Abdominal fat pad (g)	H	2.36^Ac	7.55^Ac	32.91^Ab	47.75^a	2.329	<.0001
	Con	1.42^Bc	3.97^Bc	26.65^ABb	40.76^a	2.543	<.0001
	L	1.20^BCc	2.66^BCc	24.25^Bb	37.48^a	1.673	<.0001
	VL	0.76^Cc	0.95^Cc	19.49^Bb	37.97^a	2.101	<.0001
	SEM	0.163	0.987	2.368	3.536
	P-value	<.0001	0.001	0.004	0.172

Means within the same column with different letters are significantly different at P<0.05.
Means within the same row with different letters are significantly different at P<0.05.