Table 1.

Part and organ weight (g) of male broilers from 2 strains (CONV and SG) raised at 2 stocking densities (29 kg/m² and 37 kg/m²).

	CONV1		SG			P-value2
Weight (g)	29 kg/m2	37 kg/m2	29 kg/m2	37 kg/m2	SEM	S	D	S*D
Live BW	2856	2704	2426	2884	154	0.07	0.34	0.43
Carcass (WOG)3	2152	2055	1747	2068	118	0.10	0.12	0.36
Breast	589a	588a	263b	318b	30	0.0001	0.39	0.36
Tenderloins	87	82	70	78	6	0.13	0.78	0.29
Wings	202b	196b	220a	246a	12	0.01	0.19	0.43
Leg Quarters	599b	569b	566ab	697a	37	0.21	0.20	0.05
Frame	551b	525b	590a	680a	34	0.01	0.36	0.11
Skin	20b	19b	41a	43a	5	0.0007	0.91	0.74
Heart	12.8	12.1	11.3	14.6	0.9	0.62	0.18	0.06
Liver	45.0a	48.1a	31.2b	43.1a	2.4	0.002	0.09	0.009
Small intestine	58.4b	57.6b	53.4b	67.4a	2.4	0.39	0.02	0.01
Ceca	14.2b	13.9b	18.2a	18.8a	0.8	0.0001	0.88	0.55
Large intestine	2.1b	2.1b	2.8a	3.0a	0.3	0.02	0.83	0.81

¹Conventional (CONV) broilers were processed on d 41 and slow-growing (SG) broilers were processed on d 62.

²S = Strain, D = Density, S*D = Strain*Density interaction.

³Carcass without giblets (WOG) and part weights were recorded after 2 hours in the air blast chiller.

^abRows not sharing the same letter are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.