Table 1.
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.