Table 3.

Carcass components of broilers fed ration containing different levels of garden cress seed powder

Parameters	Treatments						Sex
	0GC	0.75GC	1.5GC	2.25GC	SEM	p value	Male	Female	SEM	p value
Slaughter wt (g)	1615	1640	1588	1545	46.5	0.569	1643	1551	32.9	0.053
Dressed wt (g)	1481	1504	1460	1413	43.4	0.542	1506	1424	30.8	0.068
Dressing %	91.8	91.7	92.0	91.4	0.31	0.584	91.6	91.8	0.22	0.501
Eviscerated wt (g)	1203	1233	1178	1141	35.0	0.328	1212	1165	24.8	0.197
Eviscerated %	74.5	75.2	74.3	73.9	0.52	0.444	73.8b	75.1a	0.37	0.015
Carcass %	69.6	70.5	69.6	68.9	0.55	0.295	69.0b	70.3a	0.39	0.031
Breast %	25.6ab	27.0a	26.3a	24.2b	0.67	0.032	25.3	26.3	0.47	0.149
Thigh %	10.3ab	10.7a	10.1ab	9.93b	0.17	0.027	10.2	10.3	0.12	0.380
Drumstick %	8.28b	8.87a	9.07a	8.93a	0.15	0.004	8.84	8.74	0.11	0.502
T + D %	18.5b	19.5a	19.2ab	18.9ab	0.26	0.062	19.0	19.1	0.19	0.868
Gizzard %	2.12	2.07	1.95	2.21	0.10	0.359	2.06	2.11	0.07	0.656
Liver %	2.17	1.97	2.08	2.09	0.08	0.402	2.09	2.07	0.06	0.886
Heart %	0.64	0.61	0.62	0.66	0.04	0.790	0.62	0.65	0.03	0.361
Kidney %	0.65	0.68	0.64	0.64	0.04	0.933	0.60b	0.71a	0.03	0.010
AF %	2.12b	2.72a	2.00b	2.25ab	0.16	0.021	2.22	2.33	0.12	0.750

SEM standard error of the mean, GC garden cress, 0GC ration containing 0 % GC, 0.75GC 0.75 % GC, 1.5GC 1.5 % GC, 2.25GC 2.25 % GC, AF abdominal fat; T + D thigh + drumstick, wt weight

^abMeans in a row and under treatment or sex with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05)