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. 2020 Nov 28;100(2):760–764. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.047

Table 1.

Results of growth, feed consumption, economic efficiency, and carcass composition.

Genotype Sex Feeding regime Final weight (g) DWG (g) FI (g) FCR (kg) EPEF DOP (%) Breast percentage (%) Thigh percentage (%) AF (%)
Ross Males AL 2,073c 63.3a 102a 1.54g 407a 71.6 32.1 29.2d 1.50e
FR 1,870e 56.9b 93.9b 1.57g 369c 71.9 30.4 29.7d 1.46e
Females AL 1,935d 58.9b 95.2b 1.55g 380b 73.5 28.9 29.8d 1.61e
FR 1,624g 49.3c 82.9c 1.59g 314d 73.7 27.9 29.3d 2.06d
JA Males AL 2,136b 45.5c 96.4b 1.85f 254e 74.7 24.8 29.1d 2.00d
FR 1,916d 41.6d 84.7c 1.81f 235c 74.6 24.7 29.7d 1.95d
Females AL 1,848e 40.1d 92.5b 2.15e 188g 75.7 26.1 28.7e 2.62b
FR 1,767f 38.3d 85.5c 2.06d 188g 76.0 27.5 28.2e 2.62b
Dual Males AL 2,224a 27.3e 85.6c 3.11c 87.0h 74.5 19.1 33.7b 1.51e
FR 2,238a 27.5e 83.2c 3.03c 89.0h 72.7 17.8 33.6b 1.32e
Females AL 1,562h 19.1f 73.5d 3.76a 52.0i 68.9 18.8 31.9c 3.49a
FR 1,574h 19.2f 70.3d 3.60b 53.8i 64.9 19.9 37.6a 2.20c
RMSE 32 0.72 1.80 0.02 5.11 0.69 0.43 0.39 0.29
Genotype 0.05 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
Sex 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 ns ns 0.001
Feeding regime 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 ns 0.001 0.05
Genotype × sex × feeding regime 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.05 0.001 ns ns 0.001 0.001

a-iMeans within a column differ P ≤ 0.05.

Abbreviations: AF, abdominal fat; AL, ad libitum; DOP, dressing out percentage; Dual, slow growing ISA Dual; EPEF, European Performance Efficiency Factor; FCR, feed conversion ratio; FI, daily feed intake; FR, feed restriction 70% AL, 14 to 21 d of age; JA, medium growing Hubbard JA 757; RMSE, root mean square error; Ross, fast growing Ross 308.