Table 1.

Effects of the EOC on growth and slaughter performance of goats.

Item	Group			SEM	P-value
	0 mg	52 mg	91 mg
Initial body weight (kg)	33.38	33.41	34.38	0.49	0.95
Final body weight (kg)	42.05a	48.91b	49.66b	1.23	0.50
Average daily gain	0.09a	0.17b	0.17b	0.01	0.51
Feed conversion efficiency (%)	11.14a	31.69b	19.77b	3.40	0.03
Marbling score	2.53a	4.33b	4.00b	0.19	0.00
Longissimus Doris (g)	556.3	584.57	625.01	15.38	0.19
Carcass weight (kg)	20.23a	24.19b	23.9b	0.59	0.00
Dressing percentage (%)	49.00a	51.27ab	51.56b	0.50	0.07
Net meat percentage (%)	33.57a	34.07ab	35.98b	0.45	0.07
Meat-bone radio (%)	34.55a	30.38a	28.66b	0.89	0.01
Perirenal fat (kg)	0.92a	1.40b	1.52b	0.09	0.01
Left half carcass muscle area (cm2)	19.38	19.88	22.75	0.87	0.25

SEM = standard error measurement. ^a,bMeans with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).