Table 3. Meat yield traits (gm/bird) of broilers fed L-Met diets.
| Treatments | Pooled SEM | p-values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0 | D1 | D2 | D3 | |||
| Dressing (%) | 58.00b | 63.00a | 64.02a | 66.03a | 0.734 | 0.05 |
| Back weight | 134.24b | 190.00a | 196.00a | 207.00a | 6.008 | 0.01 |
| Thigh weight | 114.00 | 124.00 | 129.00 | 128.00 | 2.198 | 0.109 |
| Breast weight | 418.0 | 461.00 | 467.00 | 471.00 | 12.275 | 0.422 |
| Drumstick weight | 96.36 | 103.04 | 106.04 | 111.00 | 2.438 | 0.259 |
| Shank weight | 49.00 | 53.00 | 55.00 | 56.00 | 1.592 | 0.424 |
| Neck weight | 33.48 | 31.00 | 32.49 | 37.00 | 1.732 | 0.694 |
| Wing weight | 77.29 | 76.33 | 77.08 | 80.00 | 1.986 | 0.505 |
| Abdominal fat weight | 17.00 | 16.47 | 19.00 | 19.11 | 1.377 | 0.855 |
Each value indicates the mean of four replicates consisting of four birds per treatment at 33 days; SEM: Standard Error Mean.