Table 3.
Percentages (%) of myofiber types and their cross-sectional areas (μm2) in the longissimus dorsi muscle of Krškopolje pigs according to husbandry.
| Husbandry | Cohen's d | P-value | RMSE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | O | ||||
| (6) | (6) | ||||
| Myofibre type, % | |||||
| Type I | 7.1 | 8.6a | 1.3 | 0.043 | 1.1 |
| Type IIa | 10.9 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 0.751 | 2.2 |
| Type IIx | 22.9 | 28.5 | 1.1 | 0.088 | 5.2 |
| Type IIb | 59.1 | 52.4a | 1.7 | 0.017 | 4.1 |
| Myofibre cross-sectional area, μm2 | |||||
| Type I | 3,851 | 3,549 | 0.9 | 0.140 | 326 |
| Type IIa | 2,842 | 2,477 | 0.8 | 0.204 | 465 |
| Type IIx | 5,875 | 5,289 | 1.1 | 0.087 | 533 |
| Type IIb | 6,866 | 6,212 | 1.1 | 0.096 | 514 |
| All fibers | 5,982 | 5,326a | 1.4 | 0.040 | 481 |
Conventional (C) and organic (O) group; number of animals is given in parentheses. Cohen's d denotes effect size; d value above 0.5 is considered medium and above 0.8 a large effect. RMSE, root-mean-square error.
a
-significantly different from the C group (p ≤ 0.05).