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Table 5 Chemical composition of breast and thigh muscles (wet-basis)

From: Effect of diets with different energy concentrations on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat chemical composition of broiler chickens in dry tropics

	T1	T2	T3	T4	SEM
Breast
Water (%)	74.17^ab	74.48^ab	75.09^a	74.11^b	0.31
Dry matter (%)	25.83^ab	25.52^ab	24.91^b	25.89^a	0.31
Ash (%)	3.95^ab	3.69^b	4.28^a	4.02^ab	0.11
Ether extract (%)	1.85^a	1.15^b	1.50^ab	1.22^b	0.20
Crude protein (%)	23.88	23.93	22.62	23.62	0.52
Thigh
Water (%)	77.46	77.25	77.66	77.08	0.43
Dry matter (%)	22.54	22.75	22.34	22.92	0.43
Ash (%)	1.08	1.04	1.20	1.22	0.06
Ether extract (%)	2.13	2.64	2.73	2.67	0.26
Crude protein (%)	19.47	19.20	19.60	19.81	0.33

^abDifferent superscripts in a row differ (P < 0.05)

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