Table 2. Descriptive statistics of 15 continuous variables from 37 chicken broiler flocks surveyed in a study on the occurrence of breast meat myopathies in Ontario, Canada (2019–2020).

Variable	Minimum		Q1	Median	Q3	Maximum
Continuous variables obtained from questionnaire to processing plants
Flock demographics variables
Age (d)	36		39	40	42	43
Average live weight at slaughter (g)	1,940		2,260	2,397	2,490	2,630
Flock health variables
Mortality rate during grow-out (%)	1.25		2	2.33	3	5.8
Transportation from farms to processing plant factors
Birds per crate (b/c)	8		9	9	10.5	12
Loading duration (min)	40		70	90	105	150
Dead-on arrival (%)	0		0.03	0.06	0.09	0.16
Duration without feed (min)	300		616	705	792	1005
Duration without water (min)	113		202	318	371	470
Truck travel time (min)	20		57	120	199	798
Processing plant variables
Hold time on lairage at plant (min)	10		98	130	174	269
Condemnation (%)	0.01		0.34	0.75	1.24	2.81
Continuous variables obtained from Environment Canada weather station
Environmental variables
Precipitation during grow-out (mm)		0	54	74.3	106	164.6
Temperature during grow-out (°C)		-9.8	-1.2	10.5	15.8	22.7
Precipitation during transport (mm)		0	0	0.4	2.1	20.2
Temperature during transport (°C)		-9.8	1	9.4	19.1	23.7