Table 3.
Least squares mean (LSM) for sensory acceptability according to the sex category and set of products.
| Set of products | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex Category | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | p-value |
| EM | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 AB | 5.8 AB | 6.2 | 7.2 C | 0.1028 |
| IC | 5.4 a | 5.8 ab | 7.1 B,c | 6.9 B,bc | 6.3 ab | 5.9 B,ab | 0.0014 |
| SC | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 A | 4.9 A | 5.5 | 4.8 A | 0.0765 |
| p-value | 0.0858 | 0.6956 | 0.0074 | 0.0003 | 0.1014 | <0.0001 | |
EM = entire males, IC = immunocastrates, SC = surgical castrates. Significant (p < 0.05) differences in least squares mean (LSM) values are assigned different letters (between sex categories’ uppercase letters and between sets of products’ lowercase letters).