Table 3.
Albumen height, HU, eggshell thickness and eggshell strength in 12 strains of Korean native chicken
Breed | Strain | AH (mm) | HU | EST (mm) | ESS (kg/cm2) |
Korean Rhode Island Red | C | 6.9±0.8a | 83.8±5.2a | 0.342±0.02c | 2.6±0.5f |
D | 6.3±0.8bc | 79.1±4.9bcd | 0.342±0.02c | 2.5±0.4f |
Korean Cornish | S | 6.2±0.9cd | 78.1±6.7bcde | 0.373±0.03b | 3.4±0.7bc |
H | 6.1±0.9cd | 76.9±6.8de | 0.365±0.03b | 3.1±1.0cde |
Korean Native Chicken | R | 6.7±0.9ab | 83.7±5.4a | 0.349±0.03c | 3.3±0.9bcd |
Y | 6.1±0.9cd | 80.4±6.6b | 0.350±0.03c | 3.1±0.6de |
W | 5.9±0.8de | 80.1±5.7bc | 0.352±0.03c | 3.5±0.6b |
L | 6.9±0.9a | 84.2±6.3a | 0.366±0.03b | 3.2±0.7bcde |
G | 6.0±0.9cd | 80.5±5.6b | 0.387±0.03a | 3.8±0.8a |
Korean White Leghorn | F | 6.1±1.1cd | 76.0±8.6e | 0.384±0.02a | 3.0±0.7e |
K | 6.4±0.7bc | 79.0±4.8bcd | 0.393±0.03a | 3.4±0.7bc |
Korean Ogol | O | 5.6±0.7e | 77.7±4.9cde | 0.372±0.03b | 3.3±0.6bcde |
Total | | 6.3±1.0 | 79.9±6.5 | 0.364±0.04 | 3.2±0.8 |
The different letters of superscript within column significantly differ (P<0.05).