Table 3. Relative weight of some organs in relation to the body weight of quails.
Characteristics | Gender | Experimental diets (level of substitution) | |||
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T0 (00%) | T1 (15%) | T2 (30%) | T3 (45%) | ||
Liver | Male | 1.45 ± 0.39ab | 2.10 ± 0.44b | 2.06 ± 0.46b | 1.71 ± 0.12a |
Female | 3.05 ± 0.63ab | 3.06 ± 0.45b | 2.75 ± 0.23b | 1.93 ± 0.12a | |
Combined | 2.24 ± 0.99ab | 2.58 ± 0.60b | 2.40 ± 0.50b | 1.82 ± 0.16a | |
Heart | Male | 0.91 ± 0.04a | 0.86 ± 0.08a | 0.83 ± 0.09a | 0.80 ± 0.16a |
Female | 0.77 ± 0.11a | 0.79 ± 0.11a | 0.71 ± 0.15a | 0.77 ± 0.04a | |
Combined | 0.84 ± 0.11a | 0.83 ± 0.09a | 0.77 ± 0.13a | 0.78 ± 0.11a | |
Guizard | Male | 1.76 ± 0.37a | 1.95 ± 0.30a | 1.77 ± 0.18a | 2.22 ± 0.38b |
Female | 1.63 ± 0.20a | 2.00 ± 0.32a | 1.32 ± 0.04a | 2.68 ± 0.70b | |
Combined | 1.70 ± 2.27a | 1.97 ± 0.28a | 1.55 ± 0.27a | 2.45 ± 0.56b | |
Abdominal fat | Male | 1.00 ± 0.53a | 0.44 ± 0.40a | 0.89 ± 0.65a | 1.13 ± 0.47a |
Female | 2.16 ± 0.32a | 1.84 ± 0.50a | 1.37 ± 0.10a | 1.15 ± 0.52a | |
Combined | 1.58 ± 0.74a | 1.14 ± 0.87a | 1.13 ± 0.49a | 1.14 ± 0.45a |
in the same line, values with the same superscript are not significantly different (p > 0.05).