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. 2020 Nov 29;10(12):2240. doi: 10.3390/ani10122240

Table 4.

Effect of increasing levels of Met sources on carcass yield and breast meat yield expressed as percentage of body weight at 35 days of age.

Treatment Met Source Added Product Carcass Yield Breast Meat Yield
g/kg % of BW 1 Rel. 2 % of BW 1 Rel. 2
1 Basal 0.00 58.1 a 100 12.3 a 100
2 DLM 0.40 62.1 c 107 15.4 cd 125
3 DLM 0.80 63.8 def 110 17.4 efg 141
4 DLM 1.20 66.1 i 114 18.5 hi 150
5 DLM 2.10 65.4 ghi 113 20.4 k 165
6 DLM 3.00 65.8 hi 113 20.0 k 162
7 HMTBA 0.40 61.6 c 106 14.7 bc 119
8 HMTBA 0.80 62.9 cde 108 16.4 de 133
9 HMTBA 1.20 64.2 efgh 111 17.3 ef 140
10 HMTBA 2.10 64.1 efg 110 18.4 ghi 150
11 HMTBA 3.00 65.0 fghi 111 19.7 jk 160
12 DLM65 0.40 60.0 b 103 14.0 b 114
13 DLM65 0.80 62.4 cd 107 15.7 cd 128
14 DLM65 1.20 64.7 fghi 111 17.6 fgh 143
15 DLM65 2.10 65.4 fghi 112 18.9 ij 154
16 DLM65 3.00 65.5 ghi 113 20.0 k 163
p-value <0.001 <0.001

1 a–k Values without a common superscript within a column differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05); 2 Rel: Relative response of each dietary treatment compared to the basal diet, which was set as 100%.