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)
Total1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Bodyweight gain (g)
Treatment
RSD male
44.23
147.72b
223.41b
402.64b
428.21b
536.96
649.52
537.78
2970.53
HCD male
42.23
160.43a
302.87a
445.72a
553.44a
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
145.06b
227.40b
374.78
417.55
481.39b
516.07
513.79
2721.27
HCD female
46.66
160.11a
299.54a
397.34
459.32
564.60a
495.36
437.14
2860.07
PSEM2
2.47
4.41
8.24
13.06
21.81
27.42
46.01
48.78
Means within columns, within sex with no common superscript differ significantly . Mean total eight-week bodyweight gains. Pooled SE of mean. Dietary treatments: RSD (corn-soy; 3054 kcal/kg diet, ME); HCD (corn-soy; 3343 kcal/kg diet, ME).