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. 2022 Sep 21;101(12):102186. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102186

Table 6.

Nutritional value of breast and thigh muscles of broilers fed diet containing carob pulp powder.

Parameters Control
Experimental
Breast Thigh Breast Thigh
Moisture (%) 73.6 ± 0.29a 75.9 ± 0.13b 73.5 ± 0.33a 74.2 ± 0.10a
Ashes (%) 1.24 ± 0.09a 1.41 ± 0.17a 1.20 ± 0.09a 1.10 ± 0.05a
Proteins (%) 20.4 ± 0.78a 22.8 ± 1.17a 23.3 ± 1.95a 19.8 ± 0.78a
Fates (%) 1.51 ± 0.33a 7.42 ± 0.30c 1.48 ± 0.07a 4.28 ± 0.01b
Na (mg/100 g) 66.6 ± 6.37ab 61.8 ± 4.78a 43.8 ± 3.59ac 51 ± 3.59a
K (mg/100 g) 241 ± 4.59ab 224 ± 3.45a 224 ± 3.45a 213 ± 6.89ac
Ca (mg/100 g) 13.4 ± 0.83a 14.5 ± 0.74ab 12.7 ± 0.70ac 13.5 ± 0.42a
P (mg/100 g) 219 ± 6.51ac 131 ± 5.19b 229 ± 9.84ac 157 ± 4.96ab
Mg (mg/100 g) 25.3 ± 0.65a 22.8 ± 0.24ab 26 ± 0.61ac 20.6 ± 0.47b

Each value represents the mean of three measurements ± SEM.

a, b, c

Mean values in the same line with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 by mean of the Tukey's multiple comparison test.