Table 2.
Effect of stocking density on body measurement traits (cm) of geese from 1 to 14 d of age.1
| Item | Stocking density (birds/m2) |
SEM | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | |||
| Body slope length | 14.28 | 14.30 | 14.25 | 14.44 | 14.22 | 0.04 | 0.556 |
| Fossil bone length | 6.31 | 6.07 | 6.03 | 6.03 | 6.03 | 0.04 | 0.080 |
| Breast width | 4.11 | 4.21 | 4.06 | 4.09 | 4.13 | 0.03 | 0.522 |
| Breast depth | 3.54 | 3.71 | 3.52 | 3.72 | 3.68 | 0.03 | 0.096 |
| Shank circumference | 3.33 | 3.36 | 3.33 | 3.35 | 3.36 | 0.01 | 0.883 |
| Shank length | 6.31 | 6.39 | 6.23 | 6.37 | 6.23 | 0.03 | 0.245 |
| Half-diving depth | 28.50 | 28.67 | 28.19 | 28.25 | 27.97 | 0.12 | 0.394 |
1
Each value represents the mean of 9 replicates.