. 2021 Aug 8;100(11):101417. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101417

Table 3.

Effect of stocking density on feather quality of geese from 1 to 14 d of age.¹

Item	Stocking density (birds/m²)					SEM	P-value
Item	15	20	25	30	35	SEM	P-value
Back	1.23^d	1.56^cd	2.22^bc	3.11^ab	3.28^a	0.18	<0.001
Thoracoabdominal	1.56^c	2.39^b	2.52^b	3.44^a	3.56^a	0.15	<0.001
Wing	1.00^b	1.33^b	1.76^b	2.89^a	3.21^a	0.18	<0.001
Tail	1.00^c	1.22^c	1.84^bc	2.67^ab	2.98^a	0.17	<0.001
Feather injury rate (%)	69.44	68.41	62.50	70.00	82.48	5.55	0.860
Feather exposure score	2.59	2.68	2.57	2.73	2.78	0.11	0.978

^{a, b, c, d}

Means with different superscripts within the same column differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Each value represents the mean of 9 replicates.