. 2014 Apr 16;5(1):21. doi: 10.1186/2049-1891-5-21

Table 9.

Effects of dietary treatments and sex onquality traits of LM

Item		HE		LE		SEM	E	P	S
		LP	HP	LP	HP
pH	M	5.67^b	5.77^ab	5.74^ab	5.80^ab	0.042	**	ns	ns
pH	F	5.75^ab	5.65^b	5.76^ab	5.86^a	0.042	**	ns	ns
Shear force, kg	M	3.38	3.31	2.81	3.11	0.370	ns	ns	ns
Shear force, kg	F	3.34	2.98	3.40	2.82	0.370	ns	ns	ns
Cooking loss, %	M	30.40	31.33	32.50	33.20	0.016	ns	ns	ns
Cooking loss, %	F	30.33	32.50	30.33	31.14	0.016	ns	ns	ns
Drip loss, %	M	2.60	2.00	2.50	2.13	0.013	ns	ns	ns
Drip loss, %	F	2.00	2.66	2.66	3.24	0.013	ns	ns	ns
WHC, %	M	53.00	51.16	54.00	53.80	0.019	ns	ns	ns
	F	50.66	52.50	53.83	54.43

Significance: **(P < 0.01), ns not significant (P > 0.05).

M = male, steer, F = female, heifer, E = energy, P = protein, S = sex.

Effects of interactions between energy, protein level and sex were not significant (P > 0.05).

^abMeans within same row with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05).