Table 3 Effects of feed processing on meat portions weight (% of live weight at processing basis) in broiler diets with or without distiller’s dried grain with solubles (DDGS) for 21 d

Items DDGS (g kg–1) SEM Feed processing SEM P-value
0 200 M SP EP FP D FP×D
Carcass weight 63.5 63.2 0.70 62.3 62.9 64.8 0.86 0.123 0.721 0.478
Pectoralis muscle 21.6 21.1 0.47 19.7b 21.7a 22.7a 0.58 <0.01 0.430 0.474
Supracoracoideus 2.39 2.54 0.090 2.64 2.28 2.48 0.117 0.099 0.263 0.140
Total breast 24.0 23.1 0.36 22.1b 24.0a 24.6a 0.44 <0.01 0.085 0.705
Breast skin 2.40 2.50 0.061 2.46 2.31 2.49 0.076 0.476 0.378 0.668
Abdominal fat 1.61 1.53 0.078 1.45 1.59 1.67 0.096 0.244 0.477 0.826
Thigh 18.2 18.3 0.33 18.1 18.9 17.8 0.40 0.164 0.871 0.052
Drum 12.9 13.2 0.27 12.6b 12.7b 13.9a 0.33 0.020 0.564 0.131
Wing 7.97 8.50 0.26 8.20 8.29 8.18 0.321 0.968 0.175 0.084
Back 20.7 21.8 0.33 20.3b 21.5ab 21.9a 0.41 0.018 0.035 0.217
Values with different superscripts with in a same row significantly differ (p<0.05).
M, mash; SP, simple pellet; EP, expanded pellet; SEM, standard error of means; FP, feed processing; D, distiller’s dried grain with solubles.