Table 2.
Centesimal composition of burgers of beef cattle fed with different sources of oilseed grains.
| Item | Diets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (%) | Control | Soybean | Sunflower | Cottonseed | SEM | p–value |
| Protein | 21.52ab | 21.80a | 20.52b | 21.47ab | 0.289 | <0.000 |
| Moisture | 76.15a | 75.08b | 76.48a | 76.11a | 0.236 | <0.000 |
| Ash | 1.13b | 1.31a | 1.19b | 1.22ab | 0.026 | <0.000 |
| Ether extract | 3.13b | 4.43a | 3.09b | 3.29b | 0.539 | 0.046 |
SEM, standard error of the mean.
a, bMeans in the same row with different letters differ according to Tukey test (p < 0.05).