Table 5.
Basic nutrients (g/100 g) of muscles.
| Specification | Group | SEM | p–Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | MT02 | MT23 | |||
| Breast muscles | |||||
| Dry matter | 25.4 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.134 | 0.292 |
| Crude ash | 1.17 a | 1.12 b | 1.16 ab | 0.007 | <0.05 |
| Crude protein | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 0.094 | 0.576 |
| Crude fat | 1.13 | 1.10 | 0.92 | 0.639 | 0.399 |
| Leg muscles | |||||
| Dry matter | 24.5 | 24.5 | 24.1 | 0.212 | 0.726 |
| Crude ash | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.004 | 0.405 |
| Crude protein | 18.8 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 0.144 | 0.102 |
| Crude fat | 4.01 a | 3.43 b | 3.25 b | 0.120 | <0.05 |
C—control, MT02—milk thistle (0%/2%—starter/grower), MT23—milk thistle (2%/3%—starter/grower), SEM—standard error of mean, n = 5 (n = ♂ + ♀), ab—means with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.