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Table 2.

Effects of rosmarinic acid and ursolic acid on carcass traits of finishing pigs.

Item	CTL	RA	UA	SEM	P-value
Carcass weight, kg	86.01	87.22	89.50	7.200	0.109
Slaughter rate, kg	77.28	76.52	77.82	0.008	0.834
Body straight length, cm	103.09	100.25	102.98	0.572	0.084
Carcass oblique length, cm	85.26	85.56	89.34	0.810	0.066
Backfat thickness, mm	18.24	18.68	17.18	0.844	0.276
Lion eye area, cm²	52.29	53.49	48.74	1.553	0.449
Abdominal fat rate, %	1.31	1.58	1.50	0.054	0.072
Abdominal fat, kg	1.10^b	1.39^a	1.29^ab	0.046	0.032

CTL = basal diet; RA = basal diet containing with 500 mg/kg rosmarinic acid; UA = basal diet containing 500 mg/kg ursolic acid.

^a,b Within a row, values with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05). Data are expressed as means and SEM, n = 8.