Table 6 Percentage of selected internal organs in body weight 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

SEM

P value

Pharaoh quail

Japanese quail

Male

Female

G

S

S × G

Proventriculus (%)

0.42b

0.47a

0.44

0.45

0.011

0.048

0.493

0.967

Gizzard (%)

1.86

4.02

2.29

3.59

0.713

0.133

0.360

0.267

Heart (%)

0.91b

1.03a

1.00

0.94

0.019

0.001

0.143

0.311

Liver (%)

2.20b

2.70a

2.40

2.49

0.085

0.003

0.552

0.203

Spleen (%)

0.08

0.04

0.04

0.08

0.014

0.087

0.214

0.266

  1. S sex; G genotype; S × G interaction between genotype and sex; SEM standard error of the mean. n = 20 for genotype or sex, 10 males and 10 females within a given genotype.
  2. a,bAre 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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