Table 7. Effect of dietary energy levels and bedding materials on chemical composition* of breast and thigh meats from either male or female slow-growing Korean meat-type chicken (Hanhyop 3)

Treatments Moisture (%) Thigh Fat (%) Breast Ca (%) Breast P (%) Thigh
Sex Bedding Energy
Male Rice husks High 76.74ab 1.36bc 0.15a 0.16b
Low 77.03ab 1.40bc 0.14b 0.20a
Saw dust High 77.20a 0.95c 0.15a 0.18ab
Low 77.09ab 2.01ab 0.14b 0.19a
Female Rice husks High 75.95abc 2.51a 0.15a 0.16b
Low 76.11ab 1.88ab 0.14b 0.17b
Saw dust High 75.97bc 1.49bc 0.15a 0.14c
Low 75.24c 2.43a 0.15a 0.16b
SEM 0.71 1.02 0.01 0.01
Main effect (P values) Sex <0.0001 0.0002 NS <0.0001
Bedding NS NS NS NS
Energy NS NS 0.044 0.0006
S×B NS NS NS NS
S×E NS NS NS NS
B×E NS 0.0002 NS NS
Data on composition of moisture, protein, P in breast and protein, fat, Ca in thigh were not enlisted in this table since there were no significant differences.
Abbreviations, S×B: Sex×Bedding, S×E: Sex×Energy, B×E: Bedding×Energy, NS: Not significant.
Means with different superscripts in the same row differ (P<0.05).