Table 3.
Broiler breast muscle weights on 0 and 5 d of age, of broilers incubated in the dark as a negative control (dark) or under monochromatic green light from different days of incubation to day of hatch (GD0-20, GD15-20, GD16, GD17, GD18, and GD18-20).
| Treatmentday | Dark | GD0-20 | GD15-20 | GD16 | GD17 | GD18 | GD18-20 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.66B | 0.75A | 0.71AB | 0.69AB | 0.73AB | 0.69AB | 0.74A | 
| 5 | 5.78B | 6.54AB | 6.89A | 6.49AB | 6.33AB | 6.32AB | 6.65A | 
Data are presented as means of the groups on a specific day, with different letters indicating significantly different means (P < 0.05).