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. 2022 Mar 9;101(6):101833. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101833

Table 2.

Part and organ yield (%) 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
Yield (%)3 29 kg/m2 37 kg/m2 29 kg/m2 37 kg/m2 SEM S D S*D
Carcass (WOG) 75.03a 75.78a 72.31b 71.71b 0.54 0.0001 0.88 0.21
Breast 27.71a 28.50a 14.93b 15.22b 0.61 0.0001 0.38 0.69
Tenderloins 14.46a 14.37a 12.05b 11.16b 0.54 0.0002 0.37 0.47
Wings 9.58b 9.57b 12.64a 11.93a 0.19 0.0001 0.08 0.09
Leg Quarters 28.44c 27.78c 32.42b 33.79a 0.31 0.0001 0.27 0.006
Frame 26.02b 25.63b 33.79a 32.86a 0.41 0.0001 0.13 0.51
Skin 0.98b 0.94b 2.29a 2.00a 0.22 0.0002 0.46 0.59
Heart 0.42 0.45 0.46 0.50 0.25 0.09 0.20 0.84
Liver 1.54b 1.78a 1.29c 1.49b 0.05 0.0001 0.001 0.03
Small intestine 2.08 2.14 2.21 2.35 0.08 0.06 0.23 0.57
Ceca 0.67b 0.68b 1.04a 0.92a 0.04 0.0001 0.16 0.13
Large intestine 0.51b 0.51b 0.75a 0.66a 0.03 0.0001 0.07 0.13
1

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

2

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

3

Carcass yield was calculated as a proportion of live body weight and part yields were calculated as a proportion of carcass yield.

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