Table 2.

The carcass composition of broiler ducks as influenced by zeolite, sex and its interaction.

Item n = 10	Groupd				SEM	P value
	CM	CF	ZM	ZF		Zeolite × sex	Zeolite	Sex
g/100 g of pre-slaughter body weight
Slaughter yield	65.71	67.29	66.14	65.04	0.339	0.116	0.183	0.730
Slaughter yield with offal	71.92	72.60	71.90	70.88	0.320	0.303	0.175	0.797
g/100 g of carcass with offal
Heart	0.67	0.66	0.68	0.69	0.013	0.801	0.375	0.966
Liver	3.55ab	2.93c	3.80a	3.27b	0.083	< 0.001	0.076	< 0.001
Gizzard	4.42a	3.74bc	3.54c	4.28ab	0.100	0.001	0.404	0.874
g/100 g of carcass
Neck	8.17ab	7.49bc	6.86c	8.75a	0.174	< 0.001	0.940	0.081
Pectoral muscle	15.96bc	18.19ab	18.20a	15.80c	0.417	0.045	0.929	0.915
Leg muscle	13.88	13.18	12.72	14.42	0.279	0.144	0.940	0.382
Skin with subcutaneous fat	18.51b	20.89ab	21.81a	20.95ab	0.433	0.039	0.051	0.389
Abdominal fat	0.64	0.69	0.59	0.70	0.046	0.852	0.847	0.412
Wings with skin	11.48	11.77	11.35	12.41	0.236	0.403	0.601	0.155
Carcass remains	31.35	27.80	28.47	26.98	0.614	0.376	0.117	0.036

^a,b,cMean values with various letters in the row differ statistically significantly between all groups, including interaction (P < 0.05).

^dCM male control group, CF female control group, ZM experimental male group fed with zeolite, ZF experimental female group fed with zeolite.