Table 2. Portion meat weight of broiler with different slaughter age.
| Traits | Slaughter age (d) | Pooled SEM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | ||
| Dressing rate (%) | 42.74b | 45.88a | 45.75a | 45.29a | 0.20 |
| Breast weight (g) | 196.48d | 230.69c | 268.36b | 303.07a | 6.60 |
| Thigh weight (g) | 259.88d | 288.19c | 321.68b | 370.17a | 6.10 |
| Tenderloin weight (g) | 30.40c | 35.45b | 44.07a | 47.08a | 0.95 |
| Wing weight (g) | 104.68d | 122.80c | 133.47b | 149.71a | 2.44 |
These experiments were conducted by randomly selecting 20 individuals broiler for each slaughter age.
All values are mean and pooled SEM.
a–d
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).