. 2021 Jan 25;11(2):298. doi: 10.3390/ani11020298

Table A2.

Fattening and slaughtering performance and fatty acid composition of intramuscular fat (IMF) and subcutaneous fat (SF) according to immunization scheme and trial run.

LS Means	Imm		Trial Run			p-Values
	Control	Early	1	2	3	Imm	Trial Run	Live /Slaughter Weight
	n = 54	n = 55	n = 39	n = 31	n = 39	Imm	Trial Run	Live /Slaughter Weight
Feed conversion [kg feed −1 kg gain] during…
Pre-fattening	1.99	2.00	2.09 ^b	1.62 ^a	2.29 ^b	0.909	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.05–0.06
Fattening	2.29	2.29	2.42 ^b	2.22 ^a	2.23 ^a	0.901	0.015	-
Standard error	0.03–0.04
Daily weight gain [g] during…
Pre-fattening	783	824	751 ^a	940 ^b	718 ^a	0.047	<0.001	<0.001
Standard error	14.35–19.67
Fattening	970	969	964	980	964	0.970	0.863	<0.001
Standard error	16.34–24.21
Slaughtering performance
Dressing rate [%]	77.80	77.77	77.16 ^a	77.89 ^ab	78.37 ^b	0.918	0.041	-
Standard error	0.27–0.37
Lean meat content [%]	56.51	56.69	55.32 ^a	56.46 ^a	58.02 ^b	0.657	<0.001	0.149
Standard error	0.33–0.47
Electrical conductivity [ms cm⁻¹]	1.74	2.00	1.77	1.85	1.91	0.035	0.721	-
Standard error	0.09–0.14
Fatty acid composition
SFA IMF (%)	36.49	36.21	35.71 ^a	37.36 ^b	35.98	0.389	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.23–0.32
MUFA IMF (%)	50.12	48.85	50.39 ^b	51.36 ^b	46.70 ^a	<0.001	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.34–0.46
PUFA IMF (%)	13.37	14.98	13.88 ^b	11.29 ^a	17.35 ^c	0.015	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.46–0.61
SFA SF (%)	34.23	34.02	34.66 ^b	34.72 ^b	33.00 ^a	0.453	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.24–0.36
MUFA SF (%)	49.04	48.52	49.75 ^b	48.53 ^a	48.05 ^a	0.034	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.17–0.24
PUFA SF (%)	16.73	17.48	15.66 ^a	16.73 ^a	18.92 ^b	0.021	<0.001	-
Standard error	0.26–0.34

^a,b,c superscripts lacking a common letter indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between treatments and trial runs, respectively.