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Table 4 Least square means for slaughter and carcass characteristics of three Ethiopian goat types

From: Growth and carcass characteristics of three Ethiopian indigenous goats fed concentrate at different supplementation levels

Variables

Genotype (G)

Concentrate level (C)

SEM

p value

Bati

HH

SS

L1

L2

G

C

G × C

Carcass wt

EBW (kg)

15.2a

15.6a

13.6b

14.2b

15.5a

0.36

<0.01

<0.01

0.69

HCW (kg)

7.8ab

8.3a

7.2b

7.3b

8.4a

0.22

<0.01

<0.01

0.21

DP (EBW basis)

51.2b

54.4a

53.0ab

51.8b

53.9a

0.61

0.04

0.03

0.07

DP (SBW basis)

41.5b

43.9a

41.9ab

41.1b

43.8a

0.54

0.03

<0.01

0.16

Dimensions (cm)

Carcass length

50.9

47.8

45.4

47.7

48.4

1.01

0.10

0.74

0.74

Chest depth

28.4

28.2

27.1

27.4

28.3

0.30

0.12

0.11

0.44

Shoulder width

16.7

16.8

15.5

15.8

16.9

0.80

0.77

0.49

0.18

Hind leg width

11.1ab

11.9a

10.7b

11.2

11.3

0.19

0.02

0.75

0.84

Rib-eye area (cm2)

6.9b

9.8a

8.8ab

7.9

9.1

0.31

<0.01

0.06

0.43

Fat thickness

1.14

1.17

1.22

1.1

1.2

0.03

0.45

0.09

0.77

Primal cuts (%)

Legs

32.5

32.1

33.2

32.1b

33.2a

0.35

0.41

0.91

0.35

Loin

10.3

10.5

10.4

10.2

10.5

0.32

0.99

0.94

0.61

Ribs/racks

11.6b

13.9a

13.8a

12.6b

13.6a

0.37

0.01

0.04

0.36

Shoulder

45.5a

43.5ab

42.5b

43.3

44.7

0.44

0.02

0.24

0.43

  1. Least square means in a row with different subscript letter differ significantly (p < 0.05)
  2. HH Hararghe highland goat, SS Short-eared Somali goat, L1 hay + 1 % of body weight concentrate, L2 hay + 1.5 % of body weight concentrate, SBW slaughter body weight, EBW empty body weight, HCW hot carcass weight, DP dressing percentage, SEM pooled standard error of mean