Age (week) | n1 | Mean body weight (g) | PD in feathers (g/d) | PD in feather-free body (g/d) | Feather protein (g/kg BWG) | Feather-free body protein (g/kg BWG) | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
1 2 3 42 53 Mean 1 - 34 4 - 55 | 15 12 9 6 3
| 111 337 787 1422 2107 1267 551 1773 | 125 376 812 1386 2082 1242 558 1754 | 0.11 0.35 1.32 1.69 3.08 1.26 0.59 2.33 | 0.18 0.74 1.20 2.31 3.42 1.57 0.70 2.87 | 2.72 7.27 13.62 17.70 21.16 12.24 7.87 19.29 | 3.11 8.26 12.15 15.19 17.25 11.19 7.84 16.22 | 5.78 7.68 16.46 17.38 24.62 17.50 12.30 21.18 | 7.80 15.07 16.04 26.02 32.06 22.96 14.45 29.31 | 145.5 158.9 170.0 182.0 169.2 170.3 163.3 175.3 | 138.8 169.1 162.3 171.3 161.4 163.8 161.0 165.9 |
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| Significance level (p) of two-way ANOVA | |||||||||
Age (A) Gender (G) A × G | <0.001 0.640 <0.017 | <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 | <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 | <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 | <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 |