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. 2023 Apr 6;13(7):1267. doi: 10.3390/ani13071267

Table 6.

Weights and yields of meat cuts of sheep submitted to intermittent supplementation on Masai grass pasture.

Variable Supplementation Frequency SEM p
Daily Every Other Day
Neck (kg) 0.545 0.532 2.431 0.78
Shoulder (kg) 0.924 0.960 2.665 0.51
Ribs (kg) 0.822 0.849 3.659 0.71
Loin (kg) 0.475 0.482 2.613 0.90
Leg (kg) 1.738 1.749 7.157 0.94
Breast (kg) 0.632 0.609 2.406 0.65
----Yield (%)----
Neck 10.62 10.26 16.154 0.29
Shoulder 18.39 18.60 28.030 0.71
Ribs 15.86 16.30 23.860 0.37
Loin 8.93 9.31 26.038 0.48
Leg 33.79 33.76 17.355 0.93
Breast 12.41 11.76 18.385 0.11

SEM = standard error of the mean.