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Table 4 Carcass characteristics and relative organ weights of New Zealand WHITEs and Chinchilla rabbits fed diets containing graded levels of fermented cocoa pod husk meal

From: Effect of biologically upgraded cocoa pod husk meal on growth, serum and antioxidant properties of two rabbit breeds

Parameters	Carcass traits				Relative organ weights
Parameters	LWT (g)	EWT (%)	DWT (%)	HSL (%)	BILE (g/kg BW)	HEART (g/kg BW)	LUNG (g/kg BW)	KIDNEY (g/kg BW)	SPLEEN (g/kg BW)	LIVER (g/kg BW)
Breed
NZW	1444.29	73.21	46.43	22.06	0.54	2.83	4.98	6.39	0.55	31.86^a
CHL	1438.56	75.11	47.64	23.04	0.54	2.77	6.05	6.58	0.50	27.89^b
SEM	27.28	0.78	0.67	0.46	0.06	0.10	0.41	0.21	0.05	0.90
p value	0.884	0.110	0.223	0.162	0.974	0.683	0.093	0.539	0.45	0.009
% FCPHM levels
0.0	1462.30^b	75.77^a	48.57^a	22.73	0.69	3.09^a	5.25	6.17	0.53	29.09
12.5	1576.58^a	75.61^a	49.18^a	21.96	0.47	2.61^b	5.57	6.53	0.50	29.04
25.0	1285.38^c	71.10^b	43.37^b	22.96	0.46	2.71^ab	5.73	6.76	0.56	31.49
SEM	33.41	0.96	0.82	0.57	0.08	0.13	0.51	0.26	0.06	1.10
p value	0.0001	0.007	0.0001	0.447	0.085	0.048	0.789	0.302	0.77	0.238
Breed × FCPHM levels (%)
NZW
0.0	1355.07^b	74.14	47.61	21.96	0.61	3.06	5.06	6.02	0.59	30.58
12.5	1685.03^a	75.05	49.05	21.47	0.41	2.63	4.16	6.33	0.48	31.29
25.0	1292.77^c	70.43	42.64	22.76	0.60	2.81	5.73	6.83	0.59	33.74
CHL
0.0	1569.53^a	77.40	49.53	23.50	0.77	3.11	5.43	6.31	0.46	27.61
12.5	1468.13^b	76.16	49.30	22.45	0.53	2.60	6.98	6.73	0.52	26.80
25.0	1278.00^c	71.77	44.10	23.17	0.31	2.61	5.73	6.70	0.52	29.24
SEM	47.25	1.35	1.16	0.80	0.11	0.18	0.71	0.37	0.08	1.55
p value	0.002	0.693	0.760	0.780	0.113	0.774	0.144	0.759	0.543	0.854

^a,b,cMeans on the same columns having different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)
NZW New Zealand White, CHL Chinchilla, HSL head + skin + limbs, LWT live weight, EWT eviscerated weight, DWT dressed weight, BW body weight, FCPHM fermented cocoa pod husk meal, SEM standard error of means

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