. 2016 Apr 30;36(2):223–229. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2016.36.2.223

Table 2. The effect of breeds and genders on meat quality of yak.

Items	Breed		Gender		Muscle			Significance¹

	Gannan	Sibu	Steers	Heifers	SU	LT	QF	B	G	M
L*	38.11^b	50.1^a	42.98	44.04	42.76	44.94	42.71	**	ns	ns
a*	21.15^a	7.53^b	15.11	14.93	16.04	14.48	14.45	**	ns	ns
b*	9.63^b	11.14^a	10.03	10.58	10.44	10.29	10.17	**	ns	ns
WBSF (kg)	6.13^b	8.4^a	7.45	6.86	5.76^b	8.64^a	7.05^ab	**	ns	**
Cooking loss (%)	27.86^b	33.2^a	30.49	30.03	31.48	29.09	30.2	**	ns	ns
Press loss (%)	22.28^a	13.68^b	18.11	18.71	16	20.41	18.89	**	ns	ns
Protein (g/100g)	21.7^a	19.68^b	21.07	20.58	19.75^b	21.13^a	21.46^a	**	ns	**
Fat (g/100g)	1.31^b	1.96^a	1.32^b	1.85^a	1.81	1.64	1.34	**	**	ns
Moisture (g/100g)	76.8^a	74.87^b	76.28^a	75.65^b	75.53^b	76.37^a	75.91^b	**	**	**

^a-cSignificance of difference p<0.05

¹Significance of influencing factor were evaluated through general linear model. ns, p>0.05, *p<0.05, **p<0.01; B, breed, G, gender, M, muscle.