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Table 4 Effect of different litter materials on foot pad quality and feather condition score of Muscovy ducks in growing period

From: Effect of different litter materials on some behavioral patterns, growth performance, welfare indices, and carcass traits of Muscovy ducks

	Litter materials
	Wood shavings	Sand	Chopped rice straw	Wheat straw	P - Value
Foot pad quality
3^rd week	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10
6^th week	0.00^b	0.00^b	1.00^a	0.00^b	0.001
10^th week	1.00^b	1.00^b	2.00^a	1.00^b	0.03
Feather condition score
3^rd week	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10
6^th week	0.00^b	1.00^a	0.00^b	0.00^b	0.004
10^th week	0.00^b	1.00^a	0.00^b	0.00^b	0.008

Scores with different superscripts letters in the same row are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05

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