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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
We certify that there is no conflict of interest with any financial organization regarding the material discussed in the manuscript.
FUNDING
The authors would like to thank colleagues in the Changhua and Kaohsiung Animal Propagation Station, COA-LRI and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 109-2313 -B-005-008-MY3; 110-2634-F-005-006 project Smart Sustainable New Agriculture Research Center, China Medical University (CMU108-S-46) and the iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center from The Feature Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan for supporting this study.
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Body weight (kg/bird) | 5.25±0.27 | 5.16±0.27 | 5.85±0.27 | 5.47±0.27 | 4.61±0.24 | 5.19±0.27 | 5.37±0.27 | 4.80±0.27 | NS | NS |
Testicle weight (g/bird) | 5.70±2.60 | 10.6±2.60 | 12.5±2.60 | 12.4±2.60 | 14.7±2.60 | 18.5±2.60 | 13.5±2.60 | 8.32±2.60 | NS | ** |
Testicle width (mm/bird) | 12.7±1.68c | 18.8±1.88ab | 19.0±1.68a | 18.4±1.68ab | 20.8±1.53a | 20.4±1.53a | 19.6±1.68a | 14.0±1.68bc | NS | *** |
Testicle length (mm/bird) | 19.2±12.8 | 27.0±14.3 | 27.2±12.8 | 24.5±12.8 | 57.2±11.7 | 28.4±12.8 | 26.2±12.8 | 19.7±12.8 | NS | NS |
Penis length (cm/bird) | 8.72±1.53 | 11.6±1.53 | 15.2±1.53 | 10.4±1.53 | 12.4±1.53 | 12.2±1.53 | 13.6±1.53 | 10.8±1.53 | NS | NS |
Testicle weight (% of FDBW) | 0.11±0.05d | 0.22±0.05bcd | 0.22±0.05bcd | 0.23±0.05abcd | 0.33±0.044ab | 0.37±0.05a | 0.25±0.05abc | 0.19±0.05cd | NS | ** |
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Body weight (kg/bird) | 4.36±0.36bc | 5.33±0.36ab | 6.09±0.36a | 5.85±0.36a | 5.35±0.40ab | 4.79±0.36bc | 4.08±0.36c | 4.07±0.36c | NS | NS |
Length of genital tract (cm/bird) | 20.1±10.2e | 37.1±10.2cde | 62.0±10.2abc | 83.7±10.2a | 78.0±11.4ab | 69.8±10.2ab | 30.4±10.2de | 50.8±10.2bcd | NS | *** |
Genital tract weight (g/bird) | 4.16±24.4d | 27.6±24.4cd | 90.4±24.4bc | 107±24.4ab | 181±27.3a | 9.76±24.4d | 23.1±24.4cd | 62.2±24.4bcd | NS | *** |
Ovary weight (g/bird) | 3.24±31.3d | 61.7±31.3bc | 99.4±31.3abc | 128±31.3ab | 158±35.0a | 9.38±31.3cd | 4.50±31.3d | 29.5±31.3cd | NS | ** |
Follicle number 2 to 3 cm, egg | 0±0.25c | 0.40±0.25bc | 0.60±0.25bc | 1.40±0.25a | 0.75±0.28abc | 0.80±0.25ab | 0±0.25c | 0.20±0.25bc | NS | *** |
Follicle number 3 to 4 cm, egg | 0±0.45 | 0.400±0.45 | 1.40±0.45 | 1.00±0.45 | 1.00±0.51 | 1.00±0.45 | 0±0.45 | 0.400±0.45 | NS | * |
Follicle number 4 to 5 cm, egg | 0±0.54 | 1.20±0.54 | 1.00±0.54 | 1.20±0.54 | 0.75±0.60 | 0.60±0.54 | 0±0.54 | 0.20±0.54 | NS | NS |
Follicle number 5 to 6 cm, egg | 0±0.17 | 0±0.17 | 0±0.17 | 0.600±0.17 | 0±0.19 | 0.40±0.17 | 0±0.17 | 0±0.17 | NS | NS |
Genital tract weight (% of FDBW) | 0.11±0.57bc | 0.57±0.57bc | 1.57±0.57bc | 1.91±0.57b | 3.68±0.64a | 0.22±0.57c | 0.58±0.57bc | 1.67±0.57bc | NS | * |
Ovary weight (% of FDBW) | 0.08±0.61c | 1.30±0.61bc | 1.70±0.61abc | 2.20±0.61ab | 3.21±0.68a | 0.21±0.61c | 0.11±0.61c | 0.80±0.61bc | NS | ** |
L, linear; Q, quadratics; SEM, standard error of means for treatment; NS, no significant; FDBW, eighteen-h feed-deprived body weight.
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Abdominal profile index | 5.36±0.075c | 5.64±0.077b | 5.66±0.079b | 5.89±0.082a | 5.90±0.085a | 5.78±0.088ab | 5.73±0.092ab | 5.85±0.096ab |
abdominal sagging index | 3.34±0.086c | 3.39±0.088c | 3.54±0.091bc | 3.89±0.094a | 3.86±0.098a | 3.94±0.101a | 3.68±0.106ab | 3.68±0.110ab |
Item | ASI | TEW | TESTL | TESTW | PSL |
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API | 0.93*** | 0.44 | 0.22 | 0.49 | 0.36 |
ASI | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.11 | −0.30 | |
TEW | 0.50 | 0.90** | 0.57 | ||
TESTL | 0.63† | 0.31 | |||
TESTW | 0.68† |
Item | API | ASI | LG | GTW | OW | F2C | F3C | F4C | LN |
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BW | 0.402 | 0.363 | 0.805* | 0.705† | 0.877** | 0.878** | 0.848** | 0.837** | 0.017 |
API | 0.840** | 0.786* | 0.633† | 0.528 | 0.597 | 0.482 | 0.335 | 0.488 | |
ASI | 0.815* | 0.452 | 0.341 | 0.664† | 0.509 | 0.162 | 0.790* | ||
LG | 0.716* | 0.732* | 0.905** | 0.856** | 0.613 | 0.466 | |||
GTW | 0.930*** | 0.542 | 0.596 | 0.436 | 0.160 | ||||
OW | 0.696* | 0.681† | 0.711* | 0.039 | |||||
F2C | 0.772* | 0.763* | 0.309 | ||||||
F3C | 0.703† | 0.269 | |||||||
F4C | −0.074 |
API, abdominal profile index; ASI, abdominal sagging index; LG, length of genital tract (cm/bird); GTW, genital tract weight (g/bird); OW, ovary weight (g/bird); F2C, follicle number 2 to 3 cm (egg/bird); F3C, follicle number 3 to 4 cm (egg/bird); F4C, follicle number 4 to 5 cm (egg/bird); LN, egg number per goose.