Table 4 Effect of dietary potato meal on growth performance and meat yields of broiler

Body weight (g/broiler)

1247.88^a

1033.33^c

1013.96^d

1106.25^b

**

Body weight gain (g/broiler)

923.47^a

719.54^c

692.85^d

787.58^b

**

Feed intake (g/broiler)

2050.46^d

2096.06^c

2172.56^b

2228.92^a

**

FCR

2.41^b

2.91^a

3.15^a

2.83^a

0.0039**

Survivability (%)

100

100

100

100

NS

Body weight (g/broiler) of slaughtered bird

1293.85^a

1057.60^c

1021.28^c

1142.33^b

**

Thigh weight

10.50^a

9.09^b

9.88^ab

9.44^ab

0.111

Drumstick weight

8.51

8.13

8.38

8.80

0.745

Wing weight

7.98

7.73

7.87

8.08

0.804

Breast weight

9.40

9.04

9.63

8.96

0.2050

Abdominal fat

0.84^a

0.18^c

0.30^b

0.18^c

**

Dressing

61.01^ab

56.09^b

62.69^a

59.16^ab

0.0690