Table 2. Effects of different bedding materials on carcass characteristics of White Pekin ducks¹⁾

Item	Cocopeat	Rice husks	Saw dust	SEM2)	p-value3)
Carcass relative percentages (%)
Carcass	87.74	88.07	87.93	0.463	0.962
Breast	18.43	18.68	18.51	0.373	0.966
Drumstick	5.63	5.90	5.73	0.097	0.520
Drumstick proximate analyses (%)
Dry matter	64.61	66.91	68.79	1.0913	0.319
Crude protein	19.16	18.15	19.45	0.311	0.212
Crude fat	11.16	12.44	10.15	0.683	0.430
Ash	1.36	1.13	1.25	0.046	0.116
pH	5.55	5.54	5.57	0.009	0.534
Breast proximate analyses (%)
Dry matter	70.50	72.39	70.05	0.640	0.309
Crude protein	21.80	21.20	21.01	0.213	0.318
Crude fat	1.47	1.77	1.49	0.117	0.544
Ash	1.63	1.62	1.59	0.047	0.949
pH	5.97b	5.92a	5.96b	0.008	0.001

Values are the mean of eight replicate pens per bedding material.
Pooled standard error of the mean.
Statistical significance was determined at p < 0.05.
Means with different superscripts within the same column differ significantly.