Table 3.
Cattle breed | Fiber type | Muscle type | SE | ||
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| |||||
LL | PM | SM | |||
Qinchuan | I | 39.2x | 42.2x | 40.6x | 1.4 |
II | 60.8y | 57.8y | 59.4y | ||
Luxi | I | 40.1x | 37.4x | 39.7x | |
II | 59.9y | 62.6y | 60.3y |
LL, M. longissimus lumborum; PM, M. psoas major; SM, M. semimembranosus; SE, standard error.
Different letters indicate significant differences between fiber types for the same cattle breed and muscle type (p<0.05).