Table 5.
Effect of dietary supplementation with pioglitazone hydrochloride (PGZ) and l-carnosine (LC) on the carcass performance of broiler chickens (%, n = 5).
| Item | Treatment |
SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGZ, 0 mg/kg |
PGZ, 15 mg/kg |
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| LC, 0 mg/kg |
LC, 400 mg/kg |
LC, 0 mg/kg |
LC, 400 mg/kg |
PGZ | LC | PGZ × LC | ||
| Dressing percentage | 91.0 | 90.8 | 91.7 | 91.8 | 0.13 | 0.006 | 0.165 | 0.612 |
| Semi-eviscerated yield | 86.5 | 86.5 | 87.1 | 87.0 | 0.21 | 0.056 | 0.639 | 0.808 |
| Eviscerated yield | 69.8 | 69.6 | 67.0 | 69.7 | 0.19 | 0.816 | 0.708 | 0.919 |
| Breast muscle rate | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 0.28 | 0.613 | 0.461 | 0.310 |
| Thigh muscle rate | 17.5 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.20 | 0.342 | 0.170 | 0.344 |
| Abdominal fat rate | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 0.16 | 0.019 | 0.364 | 0.275 |