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. 2017 Nov 4;97(1):236–246. doi: 10.3382/ps/pex300

Table 7.

The effect of pelleted two-stage fermented feeds on broiler carcass traits1 (Trial 2).

Control Fermented feed2 SEM P-value
BBC PBBC
Relative weight, g/100 g of BW
Dressing percentage 80.2 80.2 81.5 0.9 0.7233
Liver 2.27 2.22 2.22 0.10 0.9376
Intestine 5.47 5.48 5.61 0.25 0.7641
Proventriculus + gizzard 2.13b 2.56a 2.57a 0.11 0.0315
Abdominal fat 2.15 2.11 2.26 0.18 0.8491
Breast 21.3 21.6 21.7 0.6 0.9492
Thigh 21.2 21.2 21.6 0.3 0.6526

1Data are means of 4 pens of broilers, each pen was used 2 broilers.

2BBC: Bacillus subtilis var. natto N21 + Bacillus coagulans L12 fermented feed; PBBC: BBC was dried by oven at 65°C for 7.5 h, and then pelleted.

a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).