Table 2.
Comparison on proximate composition of different muscular tissues from slow- and fast-growing broilers.
| Item | Moisture content (%) | Protein content (%) | Intramuscular fat content (%) | Collagen content (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xueshan | Breast | 73.41±0.21b | 24.52±0.39a | 0.86±0.11 | 1.28±0.02a |
| Leg | 75.24±0.39a | 21.64±0.25c | 2.34±0.24 | 1.29±0.08a | |
| Ross308 | Breast | 74.94±0.37a | 22.55±0.23b | 1.62±0.41 | 1.15±0.05b |
| Leg | 75.12±0.67a | 20.96±0.50d | 3.18±0.52 | 1.32±0.05a | |
| Breeds | Xueshan | 74.33±1.01 | 23.08±1.55 | 1.60±0.80b | 1.28±0.05 |
| Ross308 | 75.03±0.51 | 21.76±0.91 | 2.40±0.93a | 1.24±0.10 | |
| Muscular tissues | Breast | 74.17±0.85 | 23.54±1.08 | 1.24±0.49b | 1.21±0.07 |
| Leg | 75.18±0.51 | 21.30±0.51 | 2.76±0.58a | 1.31±0.07 | |
| P-value (Two-way ANOVA) | |||||
| Breeds | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.099 | |
| Muscular tissues | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | |
| Breeds × Muscular tissues | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.791 | 0.004 | |
a,b,c,d
Means ± SE with different superscript are significantly different in the same line (P < 0.05).