Table 1. Least square means of three factors (muscle types, aging method, and aging time) on proximate compositions (%) in top round (TR) and shank muscles (SH).

	Moisture	Crude fat	Crude protein	Crude ash
Muscle type
Top round	70.19	2.15	27.55	1.18
Shank	70.24	2.26	25.28	1.14
p-value	0.987	0.247	<0.001	0.833
SEM	2.22	0.36	0.24	0.02
Aging
Dry	67.79	2.68	27.86	1.25
Wet	72.63	1.72	24.97	1.06
p-value	0.147	0.079	<0.001	<0.001
SEM	2.23	0.36	0.24	0.02
Muscle type and aging method
TR1) and Dry	68.46	2.76	29.41	1.08
TR and Wet	72.02	1.53	25.68	1.27
SH2) and Dry	67.13	2.60	26.30	1.05
SH and Wet	73.24	1.91	24.26	1.23
p-value	0.692	0.599	0.024	0.810
SEM	3.11	0.50	0.33	0.03
Aging method and aging time
Dry and 20	69.49	2.03	25.72	2.03
Dry and 40	66.10	3.34	30.00	3.34
Wet and 20	72.85	1.14	24.38	1.14
Wet and 40	72.41	2.30	25.56	2.30
p-value	0.647	0.889	<0.001	0.649
SEM	3.11	0.50	0.33	0.03

¹⁾TR, top round; ²⁾SH, shank muscle