Effects of quantitative feed restriction and sex on carcass traits, meat quality and meat lipid profile of Morada Nova lambs

Table 2 Performance of Morada Nova lambs of different sexes subjected to feed restrictions

Variables	Sexes			Feed restrictions			SEM	P-value
Variables	Ent	Cas	Fem	AL	30%	60%	SEM	Sex	Res	Sex × Res
IBW, kg	14.4	14.7	15.5	14.6	14.6	14.4	0.158	0.711	0.860	0.348
DMI, kg	0.66ª	0.60^b	0.52^c	0.80ª	0.62^b	0.36^c	0.009	<.0001	<.0001	0.418
BWS, kg	27.4ª	23.3^b	19.9^c	28.8^a	24.4^b	17.3^c	0.308	<.0001	<.0001	0.047
EBW, kg	21.0ª	18.1^b	16.1^c	23.0ª	19.0^b	13.3^c	0.214	<.0001	<.0001	0.038
ADG, g	106ª	71.7^b	42.5^c	116ª	80.8^b	23.3^c	2.317	<.0001	<.0001	0.029

Ent Entire males, Cas Castrated males, Fem Females, AL ad libitum intake, 30% 30% feed restriction, 60% 60% feed restriction, SEM standard error of the mean, Sex sexes and Res = feed restriction, IBW initial body weight, DMI dry matter intake, BWS body weight at slaughter, EBW empty body weight, TWG total weight gain, ADG average daily gain
^{a b c} Means followed by different letters differ between sexes according to a Tukey-Kramer test (P < 0.05)
^{a b c} Means followed by different letters differ between feed restrictions according to a Tukey-Kramer test (P < 0.05)

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