Table 3.
Least squares means and SD for characteristics of chicken carcasses.
| Indicators | Group |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Control | 2, Halloysite | 3, Zeolite | |
| Carcass yield | 74.7a ±2.8 | 71.8b ± 1.1 | 74.2a,b ± 0.9 |
| % in carcass of | |||
| Wings | 8.9 ± 0.8 | 10.6 ± 2.7 | 9.2 ± 1.2 |
| Neck with skin | 4.2b ± 0.5 | 5.1a ±0.8 | 4.6a,b ± 0.6 |
| The remaining parts | 25.0 ± 2.5 | 24.0 ± 2.3 | 24.1 ± 1.9 |
| Offal weight (g) | 122.8 ± 13.7 | 109.4 ± 7.9 | 114.2 ± 11.0 |
a,bMeans within a row lacking a common superscript differ, P < 0.05; lack of letters in some values means that no significant differences were found, P > 0.05.