Table 3. Comparison of body weight between crossbred Korean native chickens and Hy-Line Brown from weeks 18 to 64
Period | Treatments1 | SEM2 | P-value |
CFCK | CFYC | CFYD | CKCF | CKYC | CKYD | YCCF | YCCK | YCYD | YDCF | YDCK | YDYC | Hy-Line Brown |
Body weight (g) |
Week 18 | 1,284.1abc | 1,315.2bcd | 1,264.4abc | 1,426.8d | 1,301.1abcd | 1,268.1abc | 1,175.9a | 1,222.9ab | 1,330.8bcd | 1,174.8a | 1,274.7abc | 1,386.9cd | 1,326.4bcd | 11.635 | 0.003 |
Week 28 | 1,704.5a | 1,835.7abcd | 1,812.4abc | 1,911.0bcd | 1,763.3ab | 1,733.3a | 1,789.3abc | 1,816.4abc | 1,984.1d | 1,799.8abc | 1,849.0abcd | 1,927.9cd | 1,918.9bcd | 13.661 | 0.001 |
Week 64 | 1,862.4 | 1,969.2 | 1,927.4 | 1,909.5 | 1,958.7 | 1,942.8 | 1,944.5 | 2,066.4 | 2,184.9 | 1,925.9 | 1,901.7 | 2,081.3 | 1,960.0 | 24.218 | 0.276 |
Week 18–64 | 1,617.0a | 1,706.7abc | 1,668.1ab | 1,749.1abc | 1,674.4ab | 1,648.0ab | 1,636.6a | 1,701.9abc | 1,833.3c | 1,633.5a | 1,675.1ab | 1,798.7bc | 1,735.1abc | 13.365 | 0.031 |
Values in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).
C, D: Korean Rhode Island; F, K: Korean Leghorn; Y: Korean domestic chicken.
SEM, standard error of the means.