Table 4.

Effects of interactions slicing between animal species and days in feedlot in relation the fat weight and fat:bone and fat:muscle ratios

Item1	Days in feedlot			P value
	28	56	84	Linear	Quadratic
Fat (kg)
Goat	0.91	1.17	1.64	<0.01	0.27
Sheep	1.53	2.17	3.49	<0.01	0.26
Fat:bone
Goat	0.39	0.45	0.51	<0.01	0.82
Sheep	0.70	0.80	1.14	<0.01	0.32
Fat:muscle
Goat	0.13	0.15	0.19	<0.01	0.28
Sheep	0.23	0.27	0.36	<0.01	0.20
Fat (% cold carcass weight)
Goat	9.24	10.32	12.32	<0.01	0.23
Sheep	14.92	16.98	21.54	<0.01	0.26

¹Slicing procedure resulted of significant interaction effects in variables evaluated in Table 3.