Table 7.
Effect of strain (S) and diet (D) on the mineral composition of breast meats from Fully Feathered (FF) and Naked Neck (NN) broilers fed Control (C) or Spirulina (SP) diets.
| FF |
NN |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | SP | C | SP | |||||
| Parameter | n = 10 | n = 9 | n = 9 | n = 10 | RSD | Strain | Diet | S×D |
| Moisture, % | 72.3 | 72.6 | 72.2 | 71.9 | 0.790 | 0.1313 | 0.9486 | 0.2779 |
| Ash, % | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.17 | 1.25 | 0.125 | 0.4873 | 0.5997 | 0.1322 |
| Proteins, % | 26.6 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 1.220 | 0.9579 | 0.3970 | 0.7685 |
| Macrominerals, mg/100g fresh weight | ||||||||
| Sodium (Na) | 29.82 | 28.72 | 29.41 | 28.70 | 3.723 | 0.8595 | 0.4605 | 0.8731 |
| Potassium (K) | 369.96b | 346.67c | 342.98c | 381.25a | 40.287 | 0.7730 | 0.5710 | 0.0246 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 3.36 | 3.39 | 3.12 | 3.11 | 0.390 | 0.0507 | 0.9621 | 0.8907 |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 35.37 | 32.62 | 31.83 | 32.56 | 3.210 | 0.0936 | 0.3405 | 0.1041 |
| Phosphorous (P) | 256.02a | 240.69ab | 233.98b | 247.73ab | 13.920 | 0.1065 | 0.8625 | 0.0029 |
| Sulfur (S) | 215.98 | 216.25 | 221.15 | 220.24 | 7.442 | 0.0667 | 0.8964 | 0.8087 |
| Microminerals, mg/100g fresh weight | ||||||||
| Iron (Fe) | 0.89 | 0.94 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 0.495 | 0.7914 | 0.7051 | 0.4989 |
| Copper (Cu) | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.043 | 0.5886 | 0.9304 | 0.1118 |
| Zinc (Zn) | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.064 | 0.6575 | 0.1799 | 0.0601 |
| Manganese (Mn) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.004 | 0.6579 | 0.9931 | 0.6530 |
a-c
Different superscripts within a row indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).
RDS, relative standard deviation.