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Table 4 Carcass yield and breast meat yield of the birds fed with the experimental diets (hydroxychloride trace minerals, HTM and sulphate trace minerals, STM) in high and low dosages

From: Hydroxychloride trace minerals have a positive effect on growth performance, carcass quality and impact ileal and cecal microbiota in broiler chickens

 

STM

HTM

P-value

 

High

Low

High

Low

Source

Level

Source×Level

Carcass yield, % of body weight

66.8 ± 0.19

66.5 ± 0.22

67.2 ± 0.22

66.9 ± 0.29

0.1239

0.1956

0.8997

Breast meat yield, % of carcass weight

27.8 ± 0.21

27.3 ± 0.23

28.1 ± 0.23

27.4 ± 0.26

0.3906

0.0171

0.5172

  1. P-values below 0.1 are bolded