Table 1. Live weight loss and carcass traits as affected by different materials of crates during transportation in summer.
Items
Iron
Plastic
SEM
p
-value
Body weight loss (g)
32.15
26.46
1.737
0.102
Dressing ratio
1)
(%)
89.58
89.72
0.238
0.788
Relative breast meat weight
2)
(%)
28.03
28.23
0.604
0.878
Relative drumstick weight
3)
(%)
10.53
10.41
0.155
0.713
(Carcass weight/Live body weight) × 100.
(Breast meat weight/carcass weight) × 100.
(Drumstick weight/carcass weight) × 100.