Table 6. WBSF and chemical composition of steak samples of finishing steer fed a total mixed ration supplemented with ensiled mulberry leaves (EML) or sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (SMFP).
| Item | Experimental diet1 | SEM | P-value | ||
| CONT | EML | SMFP | |||
| WBSF2 (kg) | 4.78 | 4.75 | 4.34 | 0.61 | 0.844 |
| Cooked rate (%) | 65.72 | 66.89 | 68.13 | 2.53 | 0.961 |
| Drip loss (%) | 6.89 | 7.12 | 6.93 | 1.24 | 0.922 |
| Moisture (%) | 75.49 | 75.82 | 75.65 | 0.37 | 0.146 |
| Protein (%, DM basis) | 87.24 | 87.62 | 86.82 | 0.42 | 0.276 |
| Intramuscular fat (%, DM basis) | 5.62a | 4.53b | 4.62b | 0.34 | 0.034 |
| Ash (%, DM basis) | 5.36 | 5.74 | 5.78 | 0.21 | 0.467 |
1 CONT = control; EML = ensiled mulberry leaves; SMFP = sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace.
2 WBSF = Warner-Bratzler shear force values of tenderness.
a,b Values in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).