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. 2017 Jan 25;54(1):41–46. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0160070

Table 6. Effect of MLM on carcass yield of geese at 70 days of age1, 2.

Item Breast meat (%) Leg meat (%) Subcutaneous fat + skin (%) Abdominal fat (%)
Control 6.24 10.02 14.41a 2.50a
4% MLM 6.52 10.31 11.54b 1.31b
8% MLM 6.33 10.29 10.60b 1.12b
12% MLM 6.29 10.37 10.57b 1.04b
16% MLM 6.24 10 10.06b 0.96b
Pooled SEM3 0.13   0.19 0.35 0.12
P value 0.975   0.96 <0.001 <0.001
a–b

Means within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).

1

Values are the means of 6 replicates of 2 birds.

2

The yield is calculated using the following equation: Yield=(breast meat, leg meat, subcutaneous fat + skin or abdominal fat weight) / processing live BW×100

3

SEM, standard error of the mean.