Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Table 2 Effects of dietary FD supplementation on carcass traits of broilers

Item (%)	CON	LFD	HFD	SEM	P-value
Dressed yield	91.34^xy	1. 91.02^y	92.21^x	0.233	0.088
Eviscerated yield	73.55	74.78	74.65	0.804	0.816
Abdominal fat yield	2.04^a	1.92^ab	1.47^b	0.105	0.040
Breast muscle yield	19.21	18.99	20.32	0.451	0.438
Thigh muscle yield	26.28	27.32	26.93	0.438	0.673

CON Basal diet, LFD Basal diet + 500 mg/kg FD, HFD Basal diet + 1000 mg/kg FD, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
^x,yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)

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