Table 2.

Difference in body size traits between in 31 Brahman cattle and 131 Yunling cattle (least square mean ± standard error)

Traits	Brahman cattle	Yunling cattle	P-value
Withers height	132 ± 0.909	127 ± 0.473	3.37 × 10–4
Hip cross height	137 ± 0.972	133 ± 0.506	2.18 × 10–4
Body length	155 ± 1.607	156 ± 0.848	0.499
Chest circumference	200 ± 1.893	199 ± 0.987	0.543
Abdominal circumference	229 ± 2.21	230 ± 1.15	0.647
Cannon circumference	20.0 ± 0.264	18.6 ± 0.139	2.29 × 10–6
Chest width	49.2 ± 0.864	49.9 ± 0.450	0.451
Chest depth	68.6 ± 1.148	68.5 ± 0.607	0.975
Hip circumference	117 ± 1.413	112 ± 0.736	4.40 × 10–3
Hip width	58.2 ± 0.939	58.2 ± 0.496	0.999
Ischium width	23.2 ± 0.385	22.4 ± 0.203	0.058
Head length	48.4 ± 0.456	48.3 ± 0.240	0.699
Forehead size	23.1 ± 0.225	22.4 ± 0.119	2.08 × 10–3
Rump length	52.3 ± 0.656	51.5 ± 0.346	0.224
Body weight	597 ± 11.25	576 ± 6.34	0.076