Table 3. Proximate composition of broiler breast and thigh with different slaughter age

Traits (%) Slaughter age (d) Pooled SEM
28 30 32 34
Breast
 Moisture 75.29 77.68 75.66 76.93 0.39
 Protein 23.02a 23.58ab 23.02ab 23.83b 0.10
 Fat 0.13 0.17 0.19 0.16 0.02
 Ash 0.99c 1.00c 1.09b 1.17a 0.02
Thigh
 Moisture 76.97 78.46 76.96 77.24 0.36
 Protein 20.04b 20.52a 20.91a 20.55a 0.09
 Fat 1.48 1.29 1.11 1.21 0.07
 Ash 0.89b 0.96b 1.07a 1.05a 0.02
These experiments were assessed after a minimum of three repeated trials.
All values are mean and pooled SEM.
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).