Table 2.
Cumulative woody breast (WB) scores for broilers used (n = 20 each strain) in a protein turnover (PT) study at each sampling age.
| Collagen PT |
Mixed muscle PT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain A | Strain B | Strain A | Strain B | |
| day 21 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 8.5 |
| day 28 | 10.5 | 14 | 7 | 9.5 |
| day 35 | 14.5 | 27 | 15.5 | 28 |
| day 42 | 9 | 23.5 | 13.5 | 27.5 |
| day 56 | 27.5 | 34.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 |
Each broiler was scored for WB score of 0–3, and then all the scores were added to obtain cumulative score.