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Table 3 Carcass components of broilers fed ration containing different levels of garden cress seed powder

From: Effect of different levels of Lepidium sativum L. on growth performance, carcass characteristics, hematology and serum biochemical parameters of broilers

Parameters

Treatments

Sex

0GC

0.75GC

1.5GC

2.25GC

SEM

p value

Male

Female

SEM

p value

Slaughter wt (g)

1615

1640

1588

1545

46.5

0.569

1643

1551

32.9

0.053

Dressed wt (g)

1481

1504

1460

1413

43.4

0.542

1506

1424

30.8

0.068

Dressing %

91.8

91.7

92.0

91.4

0.31

0.584

91.6

91.8

0.22

0.501

Eviscerated wt (g)

1203

1233

1178

1141

35.0

0.328

1212

1165

24.8

0.197

Eviscerated %

74.5

75.2

74.3

73.9

0.52

0.444

73.8b

75.1a

0.37

0.015

Carcass %

69.6

70.5

69.6

68.9

0.55

0.295

69.0b

70.3a

0.39

0.031

Breast %

25.6ab

27.0a

26.3a

24.2b

0.67

0.032

25.3

26.3

0.47

0.149

Thigh %

10.3ab

10.7a

10.1ab

9.93b

0.17

0.027

10.2

10.3

0.12

0.380

Drumstick %

8.28b

8.87a

9.07a

8.93a

0.15

0.004

8.84

8.74

0.11

0.502

T + D %

18.5b

19.5a

19.2ab

18.9ab

0.26

0.062

19.0

19.1

0.19

0.868

Gizzard %

2.12

2.07

1.95

2.21

0.10

0.359

2.06

2.11

0.07

0.656

Liver %

2.17

1.97

2.08

2.09

0.08

0.402

2.09

2.07

0.06

0.886

Heart %

0.64

0.61

0.62

0.66

0.04

0.790

0.62

0.65

0.03

0.361

Kidney %

0.65

0.68

0.64

0.64

0.04

0.933

0.60b

0.71a

0.03

0.010

AF %

2.12b

2.72a

2.00b

2.25ab

0.16

0.021

2.22

2.33

0.12

0.750

  1. SEM standard error of the mean, GC garden cress, 0GC ration containing 0 % GC, 0.75GC 0.75 % GC, 1.5GC 1.5 % GC, 2.25GC 2.25 % GC, AF abdominal fat; T + D thigh + drumstick, wt weight
  2. abMeans in a row and under treatment or sex with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05)