Table 3.

Relationship between blood cortisol concentration and carcass quality parameters as well as inter-relationships among carcass quality parameters

Parameters	Cor	HCW	FTB	FTS	M	Mar
Cor	1.0	0.26†	0.33*	0.25†	−0.29*	0.22†
HCW		1.0	0.56***	0.40***	−0.14	0.23*
FTB			1.0	0.74***	−0.39***	0.19†
FTS				1.0	−0.44***	0.15
M					1.0	−0.14
Mar						1.0

Cor, cortisol blood concentration; HCW, hot carcass weight; FTB, fat carcass thickness on the back; FTS, fat carcass thickness at the sacrum; M, meatiness (%); Mar, marbling.

^†p<0.1

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001.