Table 6.
Nutritional value of breast and thigh muscles of broilers fed diet containing carob pulp powder.
Parameters | Control |
Experimental |
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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.
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.