Table 10.

Benefits of Cu(HMTBa)₂ on carcass traits in grower-finisher pigs (Exp 3.)¹

Treatments mg/kg	CuSO4		Cu(HMTBa)2				SEM	p-value
	4	160	20	40	80	160		Treatment	Linear	Quadratic
Carcass wt. (kg)	88.13b	88.24b	88.13b	88.13b	90.57a	89.43ab	0.51	<0.01	0.07	0.17
Back fat (mm)	17.91	18.29	17.81	18.11	17.88	18.36	0.30	0.72	0.94	0.80
Yield (%)	74.62	74.92	75.16	73.78	74.77	74.73	0.44	0.37	0.70	0.66
Lean (%)	54.63	54.33	54.72	54.64	54.93	54.56	0.19	0.38	0.58	0.55
Loin depth (mm)	55.73c	55.19c	55.96bc	56.64abc	58.12a	58.12ab	0.58	<0.01	0.04	0.11

^a,b,cMeans in a row with no common superscripts significantly differ (p<0.05).

¹There were 8 replicates per treatment with 20–22 pigs per pen. All pigs were marketed at the same day.