Table 6. Effect of beak-trimming and genetic combinations on feather damage score in Korean native chickens

Debeaking Breed Week 20 Week 30 Week 40 Week 50
Debeaked YDYC 1.00±0.00b 1.11±0.12d 1.34±0.27d 1.83±0.49def
YDCF 1.00±0.00b 1.13±0.22cd 1.52±0.44bcd 1.65±0.51ef
YDCK 1.00±0.00b 1.21±0.19cd 1.62±0.37bcd 1.82±0.52def
YCCK 1.00±0.00b 1.11±0.13d 1.36±0.30d 1.68±0.46ef
CKCF 1.00±0.00b 1.10±0.16d 1.28±0.27d 1.54±0.37f
YCCF 1.00±0.00b 1.11±0.14d 1.57±0.41bcd 2.06±0.46bdef
Non-debeaked YDYC 1.01±0.05b 1.18±0.18cd 1.95±0.58abc 2.33±0.58abcd
YDCF 1.00±0.00b 1.43±0.20ab 2.16±0.49a 2.58±0.47abc
YDCK 1.08±0.16a 1.45±0.30ab 2.38±0.47a 2.55±0.50abc
YCCK 1.00±0.00b 1.19±0.14cd 2.05±0.42ab 2.23±0.44bcde
CKCF 1.00±0.00b 1.59±0.33a 2.38±0.62a 2.67±0.54ab
YCCF 1.00±0.00b 1.33±0.26bc 2.36±0.87a 2.87±0.83a
P-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Debeaked(D) and non-debeaked(ND)
D 1.00±0.00b 1.13±0.17b 1.45±0.37b 1.76±0.49b
ND 1.01±0.07a 1.34±0.27a 2.18±0.60a 2.50±0.58a
P-value 0.0103 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Breed(B)
YDYC 1.01±0.04ab 1.15±0.16b 1.71±0.57 2.13±0.59ab
YDCF 1.00±0.00b 1.28±0.26a 1.85±0.56 2.12±0.67ab
YDCK 1.04±0.11a 1.29±0.26a 1.89±0.55 2.09±0.62ab
YCCK 1.00±0.00b 1.14±0.14b 1.64±0.49 1.91±0.52b
CKCF 1.00±0.00b 1.34±0.35a 1.81±0.73 2.07±0.72ab
YCCF 1.00±0.00b 1.21±0.23ab 1.93±0.76 2.39±0.75a
P-value 0.0016 <0.001 0.0826 0.0153
D×B 0.0003 <0.001 0.2706 0.088
The different letters of superscript within the column significantly differ (P<0.05).