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Table 3.

Effects of dietary alfalfa flavonoids supplement on slaughter performance of Yangzhou geese at the age of 28 to 70 days.

Item	Groups
Item	Control	1	2	3
Slaughter live weight, kg	3.21 ± 0.36	3.22 ± 0.51	3.29 ± 0.40	3.23 ± 0.48
Slaughtering weight, kg	2.78 ± 0.31	2.85 ± 0.47	2.78 ± 0.34	2.68 ± 0.40
Carcass ratio, %	0.83 ± 0.16	0.85 ± 0.17	0.87 ± 0.15	0.83 ± 0.17
Semi-eviscerated weight, kg	2.23 ± 0.48	2.24 ± 0.29	2.28 ± 0.34	2.18 ± 0.40
Semi-eviscerated ratio, %	0.70 ± 0.03	0.69 ± 0.03	0.69 ± 0.03	0.68 ± 0.04
Eviscerated weight, kg	2.01 ± 0.27	2.06 ± 0.43	2.02 ± 0.31	2.01 ± 0.38
Eviscerated ratio, %	0.60 ± 0.03	0.61 ± 0.04	0.61 ± 0.03	0.60 ± 0.04
Leg muscle weight, g	250.58 ± 9.52	254.86 ± 10.54	260.11 ± 11.67	259.00 ± 9.34
Leg muscle ratio, %	12.44 ± 1.08	12.50 ± 1.36	13.26 ± 1.95	12.98 ± 1.32
Breast muscle weight, g	183.77 ± 12.54^b	222.16 ± 15.83^a	235.16 ± 19.25^a	223.51 ± 12.71^a
Breast muscle ratio, %	9.38 ± 0.14^b	11.21 ± 0.45^a	11.75 ± 0.74^a	11.20 ± 0.64^a
Abdominal fat weight, g	48.04 ± 25.31^b	55.53 ± 20.96^a	51.57 ± 18.49^ab	47.73 ± 13.66^b
Abdominal fat ratio, %	2.19 ± 0.92^b	2.65 ± 0.72^a	2.51 ± 0.74^ab	2.08 ± 0.63^b
Tibia weight, g	48.57 ± 8.43^b	49.93 ± 10.55^b	62.14 ± 12.93^a	54.60 ± 12.58^ab

^a,b In the same row, values with different small letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05), while with the same or no letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05).