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. 2019 Dec 30;10(1):69. doi: 10.3390/ani10010069

Table 3.

Effect of age on breast dimensions of Da-Heng meat type birds.

Traits	Age
Traits	60	90	120	150	180
Length, cm	135.65 ^a ± 2.71	163.29 ^b ± 2.48	172.94 ^c ± 2.49	179.83 ^cd ± 2.92	184.10 ^d ± 2.67
Width, cm	45.48 ^a ± 1.61	63.76 ^b ± 1.19	73.55 ^cd ± 1.27	71.70 ^c ± 1.41	76.75 ^d ± 1.21
Cranial height, cm	6.09 ^a ± 0.46	10.91 ^b ± 0.54	12.54 ^b ± 0.46	16.51 ^c ± 0.76	16.54 ^c ± 0.74
Midpoint height, cm	9.44 ^a ± 0.43	14.87 ^b ± 0.68	14.88 ^b ± 0.66	18.38 ^c ± 0.65	17.66 ^c ± 0.64
Caudal height, cm	3.62 ^a ± 0.24	7.75 ^b ± 0.35	8.69 ^b ± 0.29	11.88 ^c ± 0.56	11.74 ^c ± 0.50

Values are expressed as mean ± SE. ^a–d Means within rows with different superscript letters differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05).