Table 2 Chemical composition of pectoral and leg muscles of Pharaoh and Japanese quails slaughtered at 6 weeks of age.

From: The influence of genotype and sex on carcass composition, meat quality, digestive system morphometry and leg bone dimensions in Japanese quails (C. coturnix japonica)

Trait

Genotype

Sex

SE

P values

Pharaoh quail

Japanese quail

Male

Female

M

G

S

G x S

Protein (%)

PM

22.87

22.18

22.36

22.68

0.073

0.291

0.343

0.324

LM

20.28

20.13

20.35

20.07*

0.055

0.101

0.017

0.119

Intramuscular fat (%)

PM

1.74b

5.02a

3.48

3.27*

0.274

< 0.001

0.033

< 0.001

LM

2.60b

6.26a

4.67

4.19

0.327

< 0.001

0.146

0.072

Water (%)

PM

71.98a

69.56b

70.30

73.33*

0.231

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

LM

73.61a

70.07b

71.54

72.15*

0.361

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. S sex; G genotype; S × G interaction between genotype and sex; SEM standard error of the mean; LM leg muscle; PM pectoralis muscle. n = 20 for genotype or sex, 10 males and 10 females within a given genotype.
  2. a,b are the means with different superscripts are statistically different between Pharaoh and Japanese quail P value < 0.05; * statistical differences between males and females P value < 0.05.
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