Table 4. Carcass trait and mammary gland pixels’ pattern of Holstein × Gyr crossbred heifers on a rotational grazing system Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça pasture.
Item | Supplement1 | SEM2 | P-Value3 | |||
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CON | S12CP | S24CP | CON × SUP | S12CP × S24CP | ||
Rib eye area, cm2 | 53.32 | 56.00 | 61.56 | 1.983 | 0.040 | 0.070 |
Back fat thickness, mm | 2.72 | 2.81 | 2.66 | 0.216 | 0.952 | 0.663 |
Parenchymal, pixels/mm2 | 4.65 | 4.67 | 4.66 | 0.076 | 0.920 | 0.920 |
Fat pad, pixels/mm2 | 5.09 | 5.11 | 5.09 | 0.018 | 0.540 | 0.490 |
1CON = not supplemented; S12CP: supplemented with concentrate containing 12% CP; S24CP: supplemented with concentrate containing 24% CP.
2Standard error of the mean.
3CON × SUP = effect of supplementation; S12CP × S24CP = effect between protein levels in the supplement.