Table 5.

The effect of diets with different Arg and Met content on the carcass traits of turkeys at 16 wk of age (g/100 g body weight).

Item	Live BW (kg)	Dressing yield	Breast muscles	Pectoralis major	Pectoralis minor	Thigh	Drumstick	Abdominal fat	Heart	Liver	Gizzard
Treatment1
Arg90Met30	11.47	82.11	22.38	17.64	4.74	10.40	8.09	1.87	0.29	1.34	0.56
Arg90Met45	11.65	82.18	22.49	17.75	4.74	10.68	8.27	1.86	0.29	1.37	0.50
Arg100Met30	11.44	82.30	22.47	17.76	4.71	10.67	8.04	1.71	0.33	1.28	0.53
Arg100Met45	11.56	82.61	22.22	17.46	4.75	11.03	8.35	1.75	0.30	1.32	0.56
Arg110Met30	11.63	82.11	22.13	17.35	4.77	10.77	8.15	1.68	0.31	1.37	0.51
Arg110Met45	11.65	82.33	22.30	17.47	4.83	10.99	8.20	1.69	0.31	1.34	0.52
SEM	0.030	0.079	0.103	0.099	0.053	0.098	0.078	0.040	0.006	0.033	0.012
Arg level, %
90	11.56	82.15	22.44	17.70	4.74	10.54	8.18	1.87	0.29	1.36	0.53
100	11.50	82.46	22.35	17.61	4.74	10.85	8.20	1.73	0.32	1.30	0.54
110	11.64	82.22	22.21	17.41	4.80	10.88	8.17	1.69	0.31	1.35	0.51
Met level, %
30	11.51	82.17	22.33	17.58	4.74	10.61	8.09	1.75	0.31	1.33	0.53
45	11.62	82.37	22.34	17.56	4.78	10.90	8.27	1.77	0.30	1.34	0.52
P-value
Arg	0.141	0.260	0.697	0.507	0.858	0.310	0.992	0.178	0.210	0.750	0.566
Met	0.074	0.209	0.959	0.907	0.755	0.154	0.270	0.832	0.416	0.889	0.729
Arg x Met	0.532	0.823	0.690	0.647	0.971	0.958	0.815	0.962	0.519	0.913	0.249

^a-bValues in the same column with no common superscript denote a significant difference (P ≤ 0.05).

¹Treatment: Arg₉₀Met₃₀ received 90% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg₉₀Met₄₅ received 90% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg₁₀₀Met₃₀ received 100% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg₁₀₀Met₄₅ received 100% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg₁₁₀Met₃₀ received 110% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg₁₁₀Met₄₅ received 110% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys.