Table 4.
Trait | GHRH | |||
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AA | AB | BB | P | |
Protein (g/100 g) | 22.69 ± 0.81A | 21.65 ± 0.34A | 21.17 ± 0.30B | 0.18 |
Intramuscular fat (g/100 g) | 1.23 ± 0.38a,b | 1.41 ± 0.16b | 1.90 ± 0.14a | 0.04 |
Shear force (g/cm2) | 44.16 ± 1.18a,b | 40.86 ± 1.13b | 49.50 ± 1.62a | 0.0004 |
pH | 5.52 ± 0.08 | 5.49 ± 0.03 | 5.50 ± 0.03 | 0.93 |
Total water (g/100 g) | 73.53 ± 0.89 | 74.31 ± 0.37 | 74.04 ± 0.32 | 0.68 |
Ashes (g/100 g) | 1.12 ± 0.05 | 1.12 ± 0.02 | 1.09 ± 0.02 | 0.39 |
Data shown as LSMeans ± SEM. Within line, mean with different superscript differ significantly at P < 0.05 (low case) and P < 0.1 (upper case)
P values in italics show statistically significant differences