Effects of category on the total incidence of breast fillets presenting moderately severe (scores 2 or 3) wooden breast1,2 and white striping 3,4 at Target Weights 1 and 2 (LS-means ± SEM). At Target Weight 1, CONV and other categories were 34 and 48 d of age, respectively. At Target Weight 2, CONV and other categories were 48 and 62 d, respectively.
a-cDifferent superscripts represent differences among categories (P < 0.05).
1Number of birds per category at target weight 1: CONV: n = 104; FAST: n = 156; MOD: n = 175; SLOW: n = 173.
2Number of birds per category at target weight 2 CONV: n = 80; FAST: n = 176; MOD: n = 196; SLOW: n = 198.
3Number of birds per category at target weight 1: CONV: n = 91; FAST: n = 124; MOD: n = 159; SLOW: n = 125.
4Number of birds per category at target weight 2: CONV: n = 64 FAST: n = 132; MOD: n = 171; SLOW: n = 162.