Table 2.

Growth performance and carcass traits as affected by genotype and sex

Items	Czech goose		Novohradska goose		RMSE	p value
	Male	Female	Male	Female		Genotype	Sex	Genotype×sex
Growth performance
Initial body weight (g)	98d	105c	119b	121a	0	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Final body weight (g)	3,734c	3,439d	4,962a	4,165b	282	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Daily weight gain (g)	64.9c	59.5d	86.5a	72.2b	5.0	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Daily feed intake (g)	192c	159d	211a	204b	0	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Feed conversion	3.0a	2.7b	2.5c	2.9a	0.2	<0.001	0.215	<0.001
Carcass traits
Slaughter weight (g)	3,830c	3,525d	5,026a	4,138b	130	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cold carcass weight (g)	2,358c	2,105d	3,130a	2,560b	103	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Dressing-out percentage (%)	68.2	67.3	68.3	68.7	1.7	0.210	0.678	0.293
Thighs percentage (%)	24.0	25.3	23.5	23.4	1.9	0.084	0.380	0.303
Thigh meat percentage (%)	15.5	15.6	14.9	14.5	1.1	0.048	0.774	0.473
Abdominal fat percentage (%)	2.8	2.8	3.3	3.2	0.9	0.175	0.843	0.888

RMSE, root mean square error.

^a,b,c,dMeans with different letters within the same row differ at p<0.05.