Effect of Feed Form on Body Conformation Traits of Different Hybrids of Broiler Chickens

Table 6

Coefficient of correlations between conformation traits of each hybrid of broiler chickens (above diagonal for Marshall and below diagonal for Ross 308).

Traits	BKL	BDL	CFC	SHL	WGS	THL	HDL
BKL	1	0.93	0.95	0.85	0.97	0.94	0.73
BDL	0.93	1	0.92	0.89	0.94	0.94	0.80
CFC	0.96	0.94	1	0.85	0.96	0.90	0.71
SHL	0.87	0.89	0.88	1	0.86	0.86	0.74
WGS	0.96	0.93	0.96	0.90	1	0.92	0.72
THL	0.92	0.90	0.91	0.86	0.92	1	0.76
HDL	0.81	0.83	0.77	0.78	0.81	0.72	1

Correlation is significant at the level. BKL, back length; BDL, body length; CFC, circumference of the chest; WGS, wing span; THL, thigh length; HDL, head length; SHL, shank length.