Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 7 Effects of dietary treatments and sex on carcass measurements of cattle

From: Effects of different dietary energy and protein levels and sex on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of F1 Angus × Chinese Xiangxi yellow cattle

Item		HE		LE		SEM	E	P	S
		LP	HP	LP	HP
Carcass length, cm	M	137.0	127.5	131.8	135.0	3.18	ns	ns	ns
Carcass length, cm	F	128.0	136.3	133.7	132.5	3.18	ns	ns	ns
Chest depth, cm	M	70.3	67.9	66.9	68.0	1.31	ns	ns	*
Chest depth, cm	F	64.2	68.0	64.9	66.8	1.31	ns	ns	*
Maximum leg, cm	M	73.4	72.2	73.0	73.6	1.64	ns	ns	*
Maximum leg, cm	F	66.8	71.0	71.6	70.9	1.64	ns	ns	*
Leg length, cm	M	62.9	62.8	63.9	64.3	1.57	ns	ns	ns
Leg length, cm	F	61.8	63.3	63.6	62.5	1.57	ns	ns	ns
Leg lean thickness, cm	M	10.2	11.2	10.4	9.7	0.40	**	ns	ns
Leg lean thickness, cm	F	10.4	10.9	9.3	9.4	0.40	**	ns	ns
Loin lean thickness, cm	M	6.0	6.1	6.8	6.0	0.34	ns	ns	ns
Loin lean thickness, cm	F	6.0	7.0	5.9	6.4	0.34	ns	ns	ns
Rib lean thickness, cm	M	4.4^ab	5.0^ab	4.1^b	4.0^ab	0.29	**	ns	**
	F	5.0^ab	5.8^a	5.0^ab	4.8^b

Significance: *(P < 0.05), **(P < 0.01), ns not significant (P > 0.05).
M = male, steer, F = female, heifer, E = energy, P = protein, S = sex.
Effects of interactions between energy, protein level and sex were not significant (P > 0.05).
^abMeans within same row with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05).

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