Table 6.

Arithmetic means (±SD) of HCW and CCW, respectively, and arithmetic means and minimum and maximum values [min–max] of skin damage scores according to the loading density during transport

	Loading density1
Carcass traits	D200	D235	D270	P
HCW, kg	87.6 ± 5.6	87.0 ± 5.8	86.1 ± 5.5	0.50
CCW, kg	85.8 ± 5.4	85.2 ± 5.7	84.2 ± 5.6	0.25
Skin damage score2	2.0b [1 to 3]	2.0b [1 to 3]	2.1a [2 to 4]	0.03
Handling-type bruise score3	1.8b [1 to 3]	1.7b [1 to 3]	2.0a [1 to 3]	0.06
Mounting-type bruise score4	1.0 [1 to 3]	1.0 [1 to 3]	1.0 [1 to 3]	0.72
Fighting-type bruise score5	1.2 [1 to 2]	1.2 [1-1]	1.3 [1 to 3]	0.24

^a,bWithin a row, means lacking a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.10).

¹D200: 200 kg/m²; D235: 235 kg/m²; D270: 270 kg/m².

²1 = none to 5 = severe (MLC, 1985).

³1 = 1 bruises to 3 = greater or equal than 3 bruises (ITP, 1996).

⁴1 = <10 bruises to 3 = greater than 21 bruises (ITP, 1996).

⁵1 = <5 bruises to 3 = greater than 11 bruises (ITP, 1996)