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Table 3.

Effect of dietary TA supplementation on the carcass characteristics of broilers.

Item¹	Dietary TA concentration, mg/kg					SEM	P-value
Item¹	0	200	400	600	800	SEM	P-value
PCY	91.51	91.24	90.66	91.61	91.71	0.153	0.217
HCR	77.68^b	78.92^ab	79.82^ab	80.72^a	79.57^ab	0.249	0.008
ER	66.89^b	68.76^ab	70.16^a	70.01^a	71.08^a	0.310	0.002
BMR	25.60	26.21	26.48	27.44	26.87	0.411	0.687
TMR	10.12	10.71	10.76	11.50	10.44	0.174	0.167

^a,b

Means in the same row with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05). Data are means for 8 birds per treatment.

Abbreviations: BMR, breast muscle rate; ER, eviscerated rate; HCR, half chamber rate; PCY, percentage of carcass yield; TMR, thigh muscle rate.