Skip to main content
. 2020 Apr 27;99(7):3752–3760. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.03.050

Table 6.

Effects of the supplementation with monensin1 and functional oils2 on breast meat yield (% live weight) of turkey toms at 11 and 21 D (experiment 1).

Treatments 11 D of age
21 D of age
Whole breast Pectoralis major Pectoralis minor Whole breast Pectoralis major Pectoralis minor
% of Live body weight
 Control 11.17b 8.52b 2.65 14.65b 11.47b 3.17b
 Monensin 12.77a 10.11a 2.67 16.14a 12.81a 3.33a,b
 Functional oils 12.12a,b 9.62a 2.50 15.97a 12.58a 3.40a
 SEM 0.27 0.25 0.09 0.24 0.21 0.06

a,bValues in the same column without a superscript in common differ statistically (P < 0.05).

1

Antibiotic, 66 ppm Coban, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN.

2

0.15% Essential, Oligo Basics Agroindustrial Ltda., Cascavel, Brazil.