Table 7.
Effect of interaction between season and year on the incidence of lacerations, hemorrhages and veining defects.
| Season | Pooled SEM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | ||
| Lacerations (%) | |||||
| 2012 | 1.19 b | 1.31 b | 1.16 b | 2.23 a | 0.0824 |
| 2013 | 1.47 b | 1.35 b | 1.41 b | 2.04 a | 0.0873 |
| Hemorrhages (%) | |||||
| 2012 | 1.28 b | 1.71 a | 0.71 c x | 1.53 b x | 0.0711 |
| 2013 | 1.11 b | 1.76 a | 1.30 b y | 1.90 a y | 0.0802 |
| Veining (%) | |||||
| 2012 | 11.40 b | 17.55 a x | 6.72 c x | 6.60 c x | 0.3040 |
| 2013 | 12.73 a | 13.06 a y | 11.27 ab y | 10.14 b y | 0.3369 |
Least square means within a row with different letters (a–c) differ (P < 0.05); Least square means within a column with different letters (x–y) differ (P < 0.05).