Dietary treatments

SEM

Control

Maize

Millet

Sorghum

Carcass traits

Live weight (g)

434.71

386.90

414.54

423.54

15.90

Carcass weight (g)

301.73

288.18

305.00

292.81

9.49

Carcass yield (%)

69.93

75.18

73.85

70.55

3.67

Breast weight (g)

70.49

70.79

73.01

73.80

3.93

Thigh weight (g)

44.71^a

36.88^b

44.54^a

43.49^a

1.61

Back weight (g)

33.04

33.21

34.08

37.08

1.52

Wings weight (g)

47.06

48.38

47.69

49.29

1.75

Drumstick weight (g)

34.55

33.86

35.18

37.05

1.20

Breast muscle yield (%)

16.31

18.36

17.78

17.35

0.94

Thigh yield (%)

10.38

9.66

10.77

10.48

0.57

Drumstick yield (%)

8.05

8.84

8.50

8.96

0.52

Internal organs

Liver weight (g)

7.03

7.65

6.95

7.64

0.36

Heart weight (g)

2.73

2.97

2.90

3.15

0.18

Gizzard weight (g)

11.74

13.00

13.15

13.04

0.66