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. 2023 Feb 10;102(5):102571. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102571

Table 2.

Effect of strain¹ and target weight on carcass and parts yield of female broilers.

Treatment
	Live wt. (g)	Carcass	Wing	Breast	Tender	Leg quarter	Rack
Strain	Live wt. (g)	Carcass	Wing	Breast	Tender	Leg quarter	Rack
SYA	3,138^a	78.73^bc	9.71^a	27.31^c	5.78^b	29.18^a	26.95^a
SYB	3,109^a	78.17^c	9.64^a	27.50^c	5.86^b	28.49^b	27.29^a
HYA	3,008^b	79.78^a	9.38^b	30.42^a	6.02^a	27.49^c	25.57^b
HYB	3,125^a	78.89^b	9.46^b	29.17^b	6.02^a	27.45^c	26.79^a
SEM	26	0.17	0.04	0.18	0.04	0.14	0.14
Target weight (g)
2,043	1,885^e	77.04^d	10.14^a	25.71^e	5.47^d	28.90^a	28.36^a
2,497	2,463^d	79.39^b	9.69^b	27.02^d	5.67^c	28.44^ab	27.40^b
2,951	2,955^c	78.99^bc	9.52^bc	28.67^c	6.00^b	28.11^b	26.80^c
3,405	3,593^b	78.55^c	9.39^c	30.37^b	6.25^a	28.14^b	25.16^d
4,313	4,579^a	80.50^a	8.99^d	31.26^a	6.20^a	27.18^c	25.51^d
SEM	29	0.19	0.04	0.20	0.04	0.15	0.16
P-values
Strain	0.0046	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Target weight	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Interaction	0.0577	0.3780	0.0273	0.8046	0.0238	0.4182	0.3332

¹

Abbreviations: HYA, high yielding A, HYB, high yielding B; SYA, standard yielding A, SYB, standard yielding B.

^a-e

Means without a common superscript were determined to be significantly different (P < 0.05) by a Tukey's HSD test.