Table 1.

Proximate components of M. longissimus dorsi muscles in LYD and KNP breeds

Breeds Items	LYD	KNP	Overall mean	t-values
Moisture (%)	73.67 ± 0.69	74.06 ± 0.18	73.87 ± 0.54	2.12*
Crude fat (%)	2.03 ± 0.67	1.97 ± 0.48	2.00 ± 0.57	0.29NS
Crude protein (%)	22.13 ± 0.30	21.45 ± 0.60	21.79 ± 0.58	3.91***
Crude ash (%)	0.72 ± 0.01	0.66 ± 0.02	0.69 ± 0.03	10.58***

All values are the mean ± standard deviation

^*p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.001, ^NSNon-significant