. 2009 Dec 22;17(1):83–93. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2009.12.012

Table 9.

Carcass and non-carcass traits and tissues composition of the carcass in different genetic group by diet interactions.

Trait	G1			G2			G3			G4			Sig.
Trait	D1	D2	D3	D1	D2	D3	D1	D2	D3	D1	D2	D3	Sig.
Pre-slaughter weight, g	2506	2570	2573	2694	2693	2471	2549	2869	2581	2610	2677	2629	^⁎⁎

Carcass traits
Hot carcass weight, g	1370	1443	1433	1462	1473	1322	1401	1514	1413	1369	1456	1453	^⁎⁎
Dressing %	53.9	55.8	54.9	55.2	54.6	53.1	54.5	56.6	54.4	51.6	53.8	54.8	^⁎
Offal weight, g	96	87	88	101	99	96	98	109	93	101	101	96	^⁎
Offal, %	3.9	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.5	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.7	NS
Head weight, g	204	211	206	216	217	217	218	225	214	224	219	219	^⁎
Head, %	8.3	8.3	8.1	8.2	7.8	8.8	8.6	8.4	8.4	8.7	8.3	8.5	NS
Fur weight, g	227	227	216	244	241	244	252	262	245	254	254	247	^⁎
Fur, %	9.2	8.9	8.5	9.3	8.6	9.9	9.9	9.7	9.5	9.9	9.6	9.5	NS
Legs+tail, g	99	96	98	106	100	103	103	109	101	104	105	103	^⁎
Legs + tail, %	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.0	3.6	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	NS
Viscera weight, g	384	385	392	403	404	383	384	416	382	394	408	377	^⁎⁎
Viscera, %	15.8	15.1	15.6	15.5	15.1	15.7	15.3	16.4	15.0	14.3	15.6	14.6	^⁎⁎
Non-carcass weight, g	914	919	913	970	1001	948	958	1000	942	954	987	947	NS
Non-carcass, %	37.3	36.1	36.2	37.1	37.2	38.7	38.0	39.1	36.8	34.3	37.5	36.6	NS

Tissues compositions
Lean, g	1087	1020	1098	1165	1040	1021	975	1220	1069	1085	1048	1060	^⁎⁎
Lean, %	42.7	39.2	41.9	42.2	38.4	40.9	37.7	41.3	41.0	40.6	38.2	39.6	^⁎
Bone, g	331	291	298	327	296	316	289	379	372	299	301	274	^⁎⁎
Bone, %	13.2	11.4	11.7	12.1	11.0	12.8	11.3	14.4	14.6	10.5	11.2	10.5	^⁎⁎
Lean-to-bone ratio	3.37	3.51	3.73	3.59	3.61	3.28	3.42	4.10	2.86	2.88	3.52	3.91	^⁎

NS, non-significant.

^⁎

P < 0.05.

^⁎⁎

P < 0.01.