Expression of Potential Regulatory Genes in Abdominal Adipose Tissue of Broiler Chickens during Early Development

Table 2

Mean bodyweight gains (BWG) of broiler chickens fed RSD and HCD.

	Age (week)								Total^1
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Bodyweight gain (g)
Treatment
RSD male	44.23	147.72^b	223.41^b	402.64^b	428.21^b	536.96	649.52	537.78	2970.53
HCD male	42.23	160.43^a	302.87^a	445.72^a	553.44^a	537.09	601.78	524.93	3148.49
PSEM2	1.95	4.27	8.19	11.45	19.85	27.72	52.55	43.41
RSD female	45.23	145.06^b	227.40^b	374.78	417.55	481.39^b	516.07	513.79	2721.27
HCD female	46.66	160.11^a	299.54^a	397.34	459.32	564.60^a	495.36	437.14	2860.07
PSEM2	2.47	4.41	8.24	13.06	21.81	27.42	46.01	48.78

a,bMeans within columns, within sex with no common superscript differ significantly (𝑃<0.05).
1Mean total eight-week bodyweight gains.
2Pooled SE of mean.
Dietary treatments: RSD (corn-soy; 3054 kcal/kg diet, ME); HCD (corn-soy; 3343 kcal/kg diet, ME).