. 2023 Mar 8;102(6):102630. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102630

Table 6.

Effects of feeding strategies and age on feather cover score of the different body parts and average.

Item¹	Neck	Breast	Belly	Back	Wings	Tail	Legs	Average
Feeding strategy
CON	1.17	3.44	3.34	3.21	2.45	2.88	2.91^b	2.77
TAD	1.34	3.49	3.37	3.12	2.46	2.95	2.99^b	2.82
SF	1.29	3.40	3.41	3.25	2.44	2.93	3.22^a	2.85
SEM	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.096	0.414	0.07	0.07	0.05
Age
45 WOA	1.07^c	3.37^b	2.88^c	2.63^d	2.37^b	2.43^c	2.43^d	2.45^d
50 WOA	1.30^ab	3.07^c	3.05^c	3.00^c	2.41^b	2.90^b	2.85^c	2.65^c
55 WOA	1.38^a	3.56^ab	3.52^b	3.29^b	2.38^b	3.03^ab	3.14^b	2.90^b
60 WOA	1.45^a	3.59^c	3.70^a	3.72^a	2.66^a	3.13^a	3.43^a	3.10^a
65 WOA	1.13^bc	3.62^c	3.70^a	3.33^b	2.44^b	3.11^a	3.33^a	2.95^b
SEM	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.09	0.41^b	0.07	0.07	0.05
P-value
Feeding	0.13	0.66	0.81	0.63	0.97	0.53	0.009	0.59
Age	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Feeding × Age	0.30	0.73	0.58	0.53	0.094	0.72	0.46	0.38

Abbreviation: WOA, weeks of age.

^a-d

Means within a column and within a source with no common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).

CON = control diet once a day; TAD = twice-a-day feeding: control diet twice a day; SF = split-feeding: special morning and afternoon diets.