Table 3.
Average actual body weight of the Bianca di Saluzzo and Bionda Piemontese chicken breeds during the growing phase: comparison with other breeds/hybrids.
| Age (d) | RS | SA | RM | ER | MIL | CN | BS | BP | BR | PD | MO | RO | PE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 2936 | 396 | 385 | 448 | |||||||||
| 84 | 2300 | 1095 | 1000 | 1086 | |||||||||
| 108 | 1300 | ||||||||||||
| 140 | 2186 | 1812 | 1623 | 1632 | 1800 | ||||||||
| 150 | 2381 | 1536 | |||||||||||
| 168 | 2395 | ||||||||||||
| 175 | 2250 | ||||||||||||
| 180 | 2541 | 2068 | 2020 | 1800 | |||||||||
| 190 | 2900 | 2100 | 1500 | ||||||||||
| 210 | 2220 | 2147 | 2142 | 2175 |
d: day. Values are average BW of males and females. RS: Ross 708 [35]; SA: SASSO [36]; RM: Robusta maculata [37]; ER: Ermellinata di Rovigo [37,38,39]; MIL: Milanino [40]; CN: Castellana Negra [41]; BS: Bianca di Saluzzo, present investigation; BP: Bionda Piemontese, present investigation; BR: Bresse [42]; PD: Padovana [38,43,44]; MO: Modenese [45]; RO: Romagnolo [45]; PE: Pepoi [38].