Halloysite supplemented in the diet, and sex of Cherry Valley ducks affects growth, carcass composition, meat quality, and jejunum and leg bone strength

Table 3 The carcass composition of broiler ducks fed diets supplemented with 1% halloysite

Item, n = 10		%		g/100 g carcass with offals			g/100 g carcass
Groups¹		Slaughter yield	Slaughter yield with offal	Heart	Liver	Gizzard	Neck	Pectoral muscle	Leg muscle	Muscles total	Skin with subcutaneous fat	Abdominal fat	Fat total	Wings with skin	Carcass remains
Main effects	Control	67.21	68.85	0.82	3.69^b	4.29	7.75	18.16	14.12	32.28	19.64	0.60	20.24	13.05	26.69
	Halloysite	66.87	68.50	0.81	4.13^a	4.30	7.91	17.04	14.64	31.68	18.68	0.58	19.27	13.27	27.88
	P-value	0.652	0.639	0.848	0.020	0.960	0.669	0.110	0.295	0.469	0.151	0.822	0.169	0.544	0.214
	Male	66.62	68.27	0.83	4.03	4.53^a	7.96	16.65^b	14.35	31.00^b	18.75	0.49^b	19.24	13.36	28.44^a
	Female	67.46	69.08	0.80	3.79	4.06^b	7.70	18.55^a	14.41	32.96^a	19.57	0.69^a	20.26	12.95	26.13^b
	P-value	0.260	0.284	0.307	0.221	0.004	0.471	0.005	0.902	0.015	0.219	0.007	0.145	0.255	0.013
Interaction	C × M	66.56	68.23	0.84	3.65^b	4.55^a	7.82	17.53^ab	14.23	31.77^ab	19.05	0.58^ab	19.64	13.07	27.71^ab
	C × F	67.86	69.48	0.80	3.73^b	4.03^b	7.69	18.79^a	14.00	32.79^a	20.22	0.61^ab	20.84	13.03	25.66^b
	H × M	66.68	68.31	0.82	4.41^a	4.52^a	8.11	15.77^b	14.46	30.23^b	18.45	0.39^b	18.84	13.66	29.16^a
	H × F	67.06	68.68	0.81	3.86^ab	4.08^ab	7.71	18.30^a	14.82	33.12^a	18.92	0.77^a	19.69	12.88	26.60^ab
	P-value	0.610	0.644	0.677	0.018	0.044	0.845	0.009	0.701	0.049	0.277	0.004	0.253	0.438	0.049
	SEM	0.368	0.373	0.013	0.097	0.086	0.182	0.352	0.247	0.409	0.329	0.040	0.350	0.178	0.475

¹C × M male control group, C × F female control group, H × M the experimental male group fed with 1% halloysite, H × F the experimental female group fed with 1% halloysite
^a,^bmean values with various letters in the row differ statistically significantly between all groups, considering P < 0.05

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