. 2023 Mar 8;102(6):102638. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102638

Table 7.

Effects of MLE on weight and crude ether extract (EE) content of breast and leg muscle for AA broilers %.

Days of age	MLE supplementation to diet/(mg/kg)					P value
Days of age	0	400	800	1,200	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
21 d
Breast weight, g	222.22^b	214.41^b	215.91^b	239.80^a	8.253	0.049	0.051	0.013
Leg muscle weight, g	163.40	156.61	149.80	151.44	8.39	0.386	0.123	0.485
EE of breast muscle, %	3.84^A	3.79^A	3.09^B	2.99^B	<0.188	<0.001	<0.001	0.853
EE of leg muscle, %	9.67^A ^a	8.98^A ^b	8.47^B ^b	6.21^A	<0.503	<0.001	<0.001	0.039
42 d
Breast weight, g	565.75	527.85	526.84	514.27	29.341	0.353	0.109	0.548
Leg muscle weight, g	395.15^a	385.58^a	350.25^b	341.06^b	19.947	0.045	0.005	0.989
EE of breast muscle, %	4.98^A	3.95^B	3.93^B	3.32^B	<0.01	<0.001	<0.001	0.080
EE of leg muscle, %	9.67^a	8.93^a	8.47^a	6.21^b	0.502	<0.001	<0.001	0.039

Abbreviation: EE, ether extract.

^a,b

With a row, values with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05). n = 6.

^A,B

With a row, values with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.01). n = 6.