Table 6.
Carcass yield and partial meat ratio of commercial Korean native ducks
| Item | Crossbreds1 | |||
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| AA | AB | BB | BA | |
| Live weight (g) | 3,000 ±48.6b2 | 3,092 ±13.2ab | 3,263 ±105.8a | 3,152 ±80.6ab |
| Carcass weight (g) | 2,208 ±25.2 | 2,213 ±24.6 | 2,398 ±100.4 | 2,260 ±75.1 |
| Partial meat weight | ||||
| Wing (g) | 290.0 ±10.4 | 293.3 ±6.01 | 308.3 ±16.4 | 315.0 ±17.6 |
| Back (g) | 528.3 ±20.3ab | 488.3 ±17.6b | 588.3 ±29.6a | 553.3 ±14.2ab |
| Neck (g) | 278.3 ±16.7 | 305.0 ±11.6 | 280.0 ±12.6 | 273.3 ±18.8 |
| Breast (g) | 660.0 ±16.1 | 660.0 ±20.2 | 738.3 ±36.1 | 653.3 ±24.6 |
| Leg (g) | 451.7 ±10.9 | 466.7 ±11.7 | 483.3 ±33.5 | 465.0 ±18.3 |
| Carcass yield (%) | 73.6 ±0.64 | 71.6 ±0.51 | 73.5 ±0.91 | 71.7 ±0.65 |
| Partial meat ratio | ||||
| Wing (%) | 9.66 ±0.19 | 9.49 ±0.15 | 9.43 ±0.22 | 9.98 ±0.33 |
| Back (%) | 17.6 ±0.71a | 15.8 ±0.51b | 18.0 ±0.39a | 17.6 ±0.21a |
| Neck (%) | 9.28 ±0.53 | 9.86 ±0.36 | 8.61 ±0.59 | 8.65 ±0.38 |
| Breast (%) | 22.0 ±0.27 | 21.4 ±0.64 | 22.6 ±0.64 | 20.7 ±0.81 |
| Leg (%) | 15.1 ±0.61 | 15.1 ±0.42 | 14.8 ±0.61 | 14.7 ±0.21 |
SD, standard deviation.
1
AA, A line (♀)×A line (♂); AB, A line (♀)×B line (♂); BB, B line (♀)×B line (♂); BA, B line (♀)×A line (♂).
2
Values are means±SD of 3 replicates of 3 birds each.
a,b
Means with different superscripts in the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).