Table 6 The effect of TC (42 °C for 6 h; posthatch day 28) during 4 time terminals (at the beginning and after 1, 3 and 5 h of TC) on relative mRNA levels of Atrogin-1, cKM, avUCP, DIO3 and DIO2 in the Muscle of broiler chicks subjected to different TM protocols at ED 12–18 (n = 5)

1.00 ± 0.05^aw

0.20 ± 0.01^bw

0.26 ± 0.05^bw

0.28 ± 0.08^bw

0.30 ± 0.09^bw

10.65 ± 0.02^ax

5.60 ± 1.06^bx

6.40 ± 1.14^bx

5.52 ± 1.04^bx

6.61 ± 1.05^bx

20.13 ± 0.82^ay

10.99 ± 1.50^by

9.52 ± 1.08^by

9.11 ± 1.88^by

9.66 ± 1.44^by

28.30 ± 5.40 ^az

16.02 ± 1.10^bz

15.21 ± 1.34^bz

16.11 ± 1.40^bz

15.96 ± 1.21^bz

1.00 ± 0.04 ^aw

1.29 ± 0.03 ^aw

1.25 ± 0.03 ^aw

1.25 ± 0.03 ^aw

1.36 ± 0.02 ^aw

1.60 ± 0.52 ^ax

1.33 ± 0.33 ^aw

1.95 ± 0.81 ^ax

1.95 ± 0.88 ^ax

1.66 ± 0.42 ^aw

1.96 ± 0.81 ^ax

1.56 ± 0.43 ^aw

1.55 ± 0.32 ^aw

1.72 ± 0.66 ^aw

1.53 ± 0.51 ^aw

1.89 ± 0.84 ^ax

1.04 ± 0.22 ^aw

1.37 ± 0.63 ^aw

1.44 ± 0.32 ^aw

1.45 ± 0.40 ^aw

1.00 ± 0.32 ^aw

0.97 ± 0.71 ^aw

1.34 ± 0.24 ^aw

1.43 ± 0.40 ^aw

1.39 ± 0.19 ^aw

1.30 ± 0.21 ^aw

1.18 ± 0.31 ^aw

1.20 ± 0.11 ^aw

1.70 ± 0.51 ^aw

1.05 ± 0.21 ^aw

1.87 ± 0.60 ^ax

1.30 ± 0.29 ^aw

1.08 ± 0.33 ^aw

1.37 ± 0.23 ^aw

1.33 ± 0.21 ^aw

1.63 ± 0.40 ^aw

1.10 ± 0.24 ^aw

1.54 ± 0.45 ^aw

1.09 ± 0.21 ^aw

1.79 ± 0.71 ^aw

2.00 ± 0.01^aw

2.36 ± 0.01^bw

2.69 ± 0.01^bw

2.63 ± 0.03^bw

2.78 ± 0.03^bw

3.43 ± 0.07^ax

4.43 ± 0.02 ^bx

4.25 ± 0.08 ^bx

4.27 ± 0.03 ^bx

4.29 ± 0.08 ^bx

3.42 ± 0.06^ax

4.37 ± 0.10 ^bx

4.34 ± 0.03 ^bx

4.32 ± 0.05 ^bx

4.31 ± 0.02 ^bx

3.56 ± 0.06^ax

4.32 ± 0.03 ^bx

4.38 ± 0.07 ^bx

4.34 ± 0.01 ^bx

4.37 ± 0.08 ^bx

4.88 ± 0.01^aw

2.27 ± 0.01^bw

2.27 ± 0.03^bw

2.26 ± 0.02^bw

2.25 ± 0.03^bw

3.17 ± 0.03^ax

1.87 ± 0.08^bx

1.90 ± 0.03^bx

1.89 ± 0.01^bx

1.13 ± 0.03^bx

3.25 ± 0.02^ax

1.90 ± 0.02^bx

1.13 ± 0.08^bx

1.32 ± 0.09^bx

1.34 ± 0.04^bx

3.15 ± 0.03^ax

1.86 ± 0.01^bx

1.32 ± 0.03^bx

1.34 ± 0.04^bx

1.38 ± 0.04^bx