Table 5. Effect of stock density and nutrient levels on carcass, partial meat ratio and proximate analysis in Korean native chickens (d 70)

Treatment1 Carcass rate (%) (g/BW 100g) Proximate analysis (%)
SD EL Breast Drumsticks Abdominal fat Dry mater Crude protein Crude fat
14 × Low 70.09 21.04 14.00 2.04 25.06 22.81 0.94
High 71.47 21.44 14.35 2.15 24.90 23.18 0.89
16 × Low 69.49 20.16 13.64 2.05 24.05 23.03 1.03
High 71.13 20.96 13.40 2.30 24.53 23.06 1.04
14 70.78 21.24 14.18 2.09 24.98 22.99 0.92
16 70.31 20.56 13.52 2.17 24.29 23.05 1.04
Low 69.79 20.60 13.82 2.04 24.56 22.92 0.99
High 71.30 21.20 13.88 2.22 24.71 23.12 0.97
SEM2 0.29 0.23 0.23 0.06 0.15 0.06 0.02
P-vlaue3
SD 0.433 0.157 0.170 0.170 0.551 0.028 0.025
EL 0.011 0.210 0.210 0.912 0.183 0.620 0.744
SD × EL 0.827 0.681 0.681 0.538 0.615 0.310 0.545
SD: stock density (birds/m2); EL: energy levels (ME kcal/kg): High: starter (3,150), grower (3,200), final (3,250); Low: starter (2,950), grower (3,000), final (3,050).
SEM: standard error of means.
SD: stock density; EL: energy levels; SD × EL: stock density × energy levels.