Table 3.
Effects of citric acid on carcass traits of geese at 28 d of age.1
| Items2 | Citric acid level % |
SEM | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 2.00 | |||
| Breast meat (%) | 1.19 | 1.21 | 1.22 | 1.21 | 1.20 | 0.051 | 0.992 |
| Thigh meat (%) | 11.3 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 0.272 | 0.285 |
| Abdominal fat (%) | 1.16 | 1.19 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 0.96 | 0.108 | 0.314 |
| Liver (%) | 3.27 | 3.16 | 3.14 | 3.16 | 3.18 | 0.140 | 0.966 |
| Proventriculus-gizzard (%) | 6.71bc | 7.28ab | 7.47a | 7.23ab | 6.49c | 0.237 | 0.024 |
a,b,c
In the same row, values with different small letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05), while with common or no letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05).
1
Each value represents the mean of 6 replicates.
2
Calculated as a percentage of live body weight before slaughter.