Table 4.
Carcass characteristics and internal organ weights (g/100 g HCW, unless stated otherwise) of Jumbo quails fed diets containing mopane worm meal in place of soybean products.
| 1Dietary treatments | Significance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MWM0 | MWM5 | MWM10 | MWM15 | 4SEM | Linear | Quadratic | |
| Dressing (%) | 65.30 | 68.05 | 65.25 | 67.24 | 1.259 | 0.609 | 0.777 |
| 2HCW (g) | 161.2 | 161.7 | 153.2 | 157.7 | 3.670 | 0.265 | 0.593 |
| 3CCW (g) | 159.8 | 161.4 | 153.2 | 154.3 | 3.340 | 0.113 | 0.955 |
| Thigh | 6.26 | 6.20 | 6.20 | 5.86 | 0.186 | 0.157 | 0.453 |
| Wing | 4.38 | 4.38 | 4.21 | 4.24 | 0.138 | 0.343 | 0.931 |
| Drumstick | 4.01 | 4.10 | 3.90 | 3.98 | 0.097 | 0.491 | 0.947 |
| Breast | 21.78 | 21.77 | 20.95 | 20.96 | 1.095 | 0.503 | 0.990 |
| Liver | 3.23 | 3.01 | 3.68 | 3.36 | 0.198 | 0.267 | 0.831 |
| Gizzard | 2.30 | 2.13 | 2.38 | 2.25 | 0.089 | 0.824 | 0.854 |
| Proventriculus | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.045 | 0.270 | 0.496 |
| Small intestine | 4.29 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 4.21 | 0.276 | 0.728 | 0.596 |
| Large intestine | 1.11 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.82 | 0.084 | 0.040 | 0.808 |
1
Dietary treatments: MWM0 = a commercial grower diet with no mopane worm meal inclusion, MWM5 = a commercial grower diet in which 50 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal, MWM10 = a commercial grower diet in which 100 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal, and MWM15 = a commercial grower diet in which 150 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal.
2
HCW = hot carcass weight
3
CCW = cold carcass weight
4
SEM = standard error of the mean.