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. 2023 Jun 5;102(8):102842. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102842

Table 3.

Effects of dietary ARE addition on growth performance and fat deposition in broilers.

Treatments
 Statistics
Index1 0% ARE 0.15% ARE 0.30% ARE SEM2 Panova Plinear Pquadratic
Initial BW, g 242.26 241.98 238.59 2.04 0.748 0.501 0.741
Final BW, g 901.82a 860.70b 830.99c 8.20 <0.001 <0.001 0.367
ADFI, g 412.79 403.31 402.26 2.41 0.145 0.076 0.388
Slaughtering rate, % 93.90 95.14 95.03 0.33 0.250 0.171 0.340
Eviscerated rate, % 54.58 56.60 55.08 0.62 0.407 0.748 0.197
Chest muscle rate, % 8.03b 10.13a 10.16a 0.29 <0.001 <0.001 0.030
Thigh muscle rate, % 13.29b 14.75a 15.02a 0.23 0.001 0.001 0.125
Liver rate, % 2.21 2.08 2.12 0.04 0.507 0.435 0.391
Abdominal fat rate, % 7.59a 4.77b 4.77b 0.34 <0.001 <0.001 0.005
IFW, mm 9.77a 7.70b 7.79b 0.21 0.011 0.010 0.088
SFT, mm 5.52a 3.91b 4.06b 0.34 0.001 0.001 0.101
Mean adipocyte size, μm² 2700.65a 710.68c 1658.70b 311.90 0.003 0.023 0.003
a,b,c

Means within a row with different superscripts are different at P < 0.05.

1

Abbreviations: ADF, average daily feed intake; BW, body weight; IFW, intermuscular fat width; SFT, subcutaneous fat thickness.

2

SEM = standard error of mean, n = 8–10.