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. 2020 Oct 7;15(10):e0239786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239786

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
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.