Table 2. Effect of dietary energy levels and bedding materials on body weight gain of male and female slow-growing Korean meat-type chicken (Hanhyop 3)

Treatments Body weight gain (g/period/bird)
Sex Bedding Energy 11~25 d 26~40 d 41~55 d 56~75 d Overall 11~75 d
Male Rice husks High 386ab 362a 1,110a 672b 2,529a
Low 393a 298bc 984c 698b 2,372b
Saw dust High 368bcd 348a 1,026bc 788a 2,530a
Low 377abc 326abc 1,071ab 712b 2,486a
Female Rice husks High 359cde 356a 791d 498d 2,004d
Low 350de 294c 787d 655b 2,086c
Saw dust High 350de 338ab 839d 545cd 2,072c
Low 337e 323abc 831d 590c 2,081c
SEM 15 26 34 44 40
Main effect (P-values) Sex <0.0001 NS <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Bedding 0.014 NS NS NS 0.015
Energy NS <0.0001 NS 0.021 NS
S×B NS NS NS 0.022 NS
S×E NS NS NS 0.0003 0.0002
B×E NS 0.020 0.008 0.002 NS
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).