Table 7. Effect of treatments on the abdominal fat pad, drip loss, and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances in breast meat (expressed as MDA levels) on day 43.
Treatment1, 2 | SEM | P-value | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
Live weight (kg/bird) | 2.63 | 2.47 | 2.61 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 0.04 | 0.195 |
Carcass weight3 (%) | 84.2a | 83.5a | 84.5a | 82.3ab | 80.4b | 0.44 | 0.007 |
Abdominal fat (%) | 1.93a | 1.63ab | 1.76ab | 1.40b | 1.41b | 0.06 | 0.025 |
Drip loss (%) | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.002 | 0.539 |
MDA4 in breast meat (mg/kg) | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.008 | 0.933 |
Treatments: T1 control, T2 avilamycin, T3 crude ethanol extract (CEE) of Jakr-Na-Rai (JNR) granules (0.13% flavonoid), T4 JNR powder (0.13% flavonoid), and T5 JNR powder (0.26% flavonoid).
Mean value from six replications per treatment.
Carcass weight without feathers, blood, and giblets.
Malondialdehyde concentrations
Means in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (P<0.05).