Table 12.

Average fixed effects of processing attributes of bellies from immunologically castrated barrows categorized by hot carcass weight¹

Item	Hot carcass weight, kg			SED2	P-value
	Light ( < 90.9 kg)	Average (90.9–97.7 kg)	Heavy ( > 97.7 kg)
Initial wt, kg	4.90a	5.21b	5.76c	0.16	< 0.0001
Pump wt, kg	5.55a	5.87b	6.51c	0.17	< 0.0001
Pump uptake, %	13.11	12.67	13.17	0.62	0.69
Cooked wt, kg	4.92a	5.22a	5.86b	0.17	< 0.0001

¹Sources include Boler et al. (2011b, 2012), Kyle et al. (2014), Lowe et al. (2014, 2016b), Tavárez et al. (2014, 2016), and Harris (2014).

²Greatest reported.

^a–cMeans within row lacking common superscripts differ (P < 0.05).