Table 3.
Body weights of Korean indigenous chickens by sex and strains
Breed1) | Strain | Weeks |
0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 |
Male | | | | | | |
COR | S | 45±0.5a | 708±7.5a | 1,880±21.4a | 2,971±42.7a | 3,480±46.6a |
H | 44±0.5b | 652±10.7b | 1,686±29.2b | 2,797±36.1b | 3,318±41.7b |
RIR | C | 42±0.4c | 329±4.3de | 898±10.2d | 1,555±15.6de | 2,099±19.9c |
D | 43±0.4c | 316±3.3ef | 900±13.1de | 1,590±15.7cd | 2,036±18.2c |
KNC | R | 39±0.6d | 364±4.7c | 949±13.9c | 1,647±26.1c | 1,982±37.7cd |
Y | 36±0.5e | 318±5.4de | 789±15.2f | 1,375±25.7f | 1,761±27.9e |
G | 35±0.4ef | 288±6.0g | 727±14.3g | 1,231±28.0h | 1,544±31.9g |
W | 35±0.4f | 292±4.2g | 737±12.7g | 1,282±22.2g | 1,639±29.3f |
L | 39±0.5d | 325±4.1d | 820±14.4e | 1,476±29.3e | 1,850±41.0d |
WL | F | 43±0.4c | 310±3.4ef | 809±9.9f | 1,369±19.2fg | 1,663±23.1f |
K | 42±0.5c | 300±4.3fg | 796±12.5f | 1,325±17.4fg | 1,626±23.0f |
SILK | O | 35±0.4f | 304±5.1g | 764±13.7g | 1,319±20.1g | 1,694±24.5f |
Female | | | | | | |
COR | S | 44±0.5 | 636±9.7 | 1,560±20.5 | 2,264±30.9 | 2,817±31.4 |
H | 43±0.6 | 584±9.5 | 1,422±19.0 | 2,110±22.9 | 2,662±32.5 |
RIR | C | 41±0.4 | 279±5.6 | 742±15.6 | 1,179±14.7 | 1,506±20.9 |
D | 42±0.4 | 278±4.0 | 733±8.7 | 1,231±11.2 | 1,597±22.9 |
KNC | R | 37±0.4 | 319±4.0 | 758±11.7 | 1,213±19.0 | 1,529±29.2 |
Y | 35±0.5 | 289±4.6 | 682±13.4 | 1,068±18.6 | 1,379±24.7 |
G | 35±0.4 | 266±4.8 | 602±12.1 | 912±17.2 | 1,127±25.1 |
W | 34±0.4 | 263±3.4 | 628±11.3 | 983±19.3 | 1,276±28.2 |
L | 38±0.4 | 300±3.8 | 748±10.0 | 1,197±16.8 | 1,578±26.5 |
WL | F | 42±0.4 | 286±4.9 | 683±10.5 | 1,021±12.5 | 1,333±17.9 |
K | 42±0.4 | 275±5.2 | 661±12.5 | 1,032±16.5 | 1,305±19.6 |
SILK | O | 34±0.4 | 260±3.7 | 602±9.3 | 976±16.0 | 1,240±22.3 |
P-vlaue | | | | | | |
| Sex | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Strain | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
The different letters of superscript within column significantly differ.
Cor, Cornish; RIR, Rhode Island Red; KNC, Korean Native Chicken; WL, White Leghorn; SILK; Silky Breed.