Table 4.

Results of variance analysis and least-squares means of defects incidence by sources of variation.

Sources of variation	Hematomas (%)	Lacerations (%)	Hemorrhages (%)	Veining (%)
	P / Least squares mean	P / Least squares mean	P / Least squares mean	P / Least squares mean
Distance	0.0079	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
1 (11–37 km)	4.57 a	1.48 b	1.32 b	11.04 a
2 (38–86 km)	4.44 ab	1.31 c	1.34 b	11.14 a
3 (89–170 km)	4.08 b	1.30 bc	1.08 c	9.24 b
4 (199–276 km)	4.78 a	1.91 a	1.77 a	11.50 a
Pooled SEM(*)	0.11	0.06	0.05	0.22
Season	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Winter	6.53 a	1.32 b	1.19 b	12.05 b
Spring	5.88 b	1.33 b	1.74 a	15.23 a
Summer	3.58 c	1.28 b	0.96 c	8.70 c
Autumn	2.87 d	2.13 a	1.71 a	8.18 c
Pooled SEM(*)	0.12	0.06	0.05	0.24
Year	<0.0001	0.0359	<0.0001	<0.0001
2012	3.70 b	1.42 b	1.24 b	9.73 b
2013	5.37 a	1.55 a	1.48 a	11.74 a
Pooled SEM(*)	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.04
Distance × season	0.7421	0.3412	0.0352	0.5894
Distance × year	0.1526	0.7083	0.0137	0.0007
Season × year	0.1926	0.0056	<0.0001	<0.0001

(*) SEM: Standard Error of Mean; Means in the same column without the same letter differ significantly (P < 0.05).