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Table 1 Organ weights and ratio and percentage of adult body weights, and production characteristics of the Wuding small Daweishan chicken breeds

From: Biological mechanisms discriminating growth rate and adult body weight phenotypes in two Chinese indigenous chicken breeds

 

Weight (g)

Ratio organ/BWa

Organ BW percentagea,b

Organs

Daweishan

Wuding

Daweishan

Wuding

Daweishan

Wuding

Heart

5.61

5.71

0.006

0.003

0.61

0.27

Liver

13.8

18.95

0.015

0.009

1.50

0.90

Lung

4.76

4.79

0.005

0.002

0.52

0.23

Kidney

5.49

5.51

0.006

0.003

0.60

0.26

Spleen

2.27

2.46

0.002

0.001

0.25

0.12

Prescreen

1.91

2.51

0.002

0.001

0.21

0.12

Gizzard

12.88

17.46

0.014

0.008

1.40

0.83

land stomach

3.59

4.06

0.004

0.002

0.39

0.19

Intestine

22.13

24.75

0.024

0.012

2.41

1.18

Trachea

1.22

1.42

0.001

0.0007

0.13

0.07

Gullet

1.64

3.64

0.002

0.002

0.18

0.17

Crop

2.89

4.9

0.003

0.002

0.31

0.23

Bursa of Fabricius

1.17

0.96

0.001

0.0004

0.13

0.05

Thymus

3.58

3.97

0.004

0.002

0.39

0.19

Total average

    

9.02

4.81

Average daily gain

2.77

14.09

    

Feed conversion

12.36

6.07

    

Body size

15.66

22.01

    

Body weight

920

2100

    
  1. a BW Body weight; bOrgan weight percentage of body weight