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. 2023 Oct 30;101:skad362. doi: 10.1093/jas/skad362

Table 5.

Effects of NCCC supplementation on slaughter performance of yellow-feathered broilers1

Items Groups2 SEM P-value
CON N50 N100 N200 Diet Linear Quadratic
Dressing percentage, % 90.96 91.15 90.35 90.42 0.231 0.556 0.251 0.521
Semi-eviscerated slaughter ratio, % 86.07 86.11 85.44 85.30 0.261 0.605 0.207 0.451
Eviscerated slaughter ratio, % 70.52 71.58 70.29 70.75 0.339 0.596 0.861 0.916
Thigh muscle rate, % 19.81 20.45 19.19 19.98 0.280 0.492 0.930 0.842
Breast muscle rate, % 13.27 13.88 13.89 13.77 0.271 0.840 0.654 0.569

1 n = 5.

2Group CON: basal diet; Group N50: basal diet added with 50 mg/kg nano-composite of copper and carbon (NCCC); Group N100: basal diet added with 100 mg/kg NCCC; Group N200: basal diet added with 200 mg/kg NCCC.