Dietary treatments

SEM

Control

Maize

Millet

Sorghum

Carcass traits

Live weight (g)

1384.83

1333.90

1287.95

1336.98

33.23

Carcass weight (g)

1003.65

952.58

976.55

970.08

26.77

Carcass yield (%)

72.81

71.68

76.31

72.73

2.67

Breast weight (g)

315.68

290.41

296.36

292.09

10.12

Thigh weight (g)

142.73

151.46

143.10

153.98

5.00

Back weight (g)

118.30^a

100.08^b

97.18^b

109.85^ab

5.03

Wings weight (g)

131.05^a

126.64^a

111.64^b

124.86^a

2.70

Drumstick weight (g)

122.60^a

110.33^b

110.03^b

120.03^ab

3.94

Breast muscle yield (%)

22.89

21.89

23.15

21.96

1.00

Thigh yield (%)

10.35

11.42

11.20

11.58

0.51

Drumstick yield (%)

8.89

8.33

8.60

9.01

0.39

Internal organs

Liver weight (g)

14.06

14.75

13.48

14.04

0.50

Heart weight (g)

7.08

7.00

7.61

6.79

0.36

Gizzard weight (g)

20.86^a

23.85.^ac

28.91^bc

26.64^c

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