Table 1 Means and standard deviation for body composition and meat quality traits measured at 6 weeks

BW (g)

2990 ± 298

2588 ± 222

2995 ± 327

2631 ± 186

PMY (%)

8.45 ± 0.85

8.73 ± 0.67

8.28 ± 0.64

8.36 ± 0.55

PmY (%)

1.86 ± 0.15

2.00 ± 0.16

1.83 ± 0.13

1.94 ± 0.12

BMY (%)

20.63 ± 1.84

21.46 ± 1.43

20.21 ± 1.43

20.61 ± 1.24

TY (%)

23.08 ± 1.31

22.40 ± 1.13

22.67 ± 1.13

22.10 ± 0.97

AFP (%)

1.73 ± 0.34

2.06 ± 0.38

1.70 ± 0.31

2.03 ± 0.34

L*

44.98 ± 3.90

44.75 ± 3.41

53.09 ± 2.91

52.65 ± 3.10

a*

−0.28 ± 0.61

−0.19 ± 0.64

0.03 ± 0.63

0.06 ± 0.49

b*

10.79 ± 1.37

10.72 ± 1.28

12.84 ± 1.20

12.70 ± 1.10

DL (%)

2.14 ± 1.52

1.91 ± 1.08

4.42 ± 1.49

4.19 ± 1.40

CL (%)

9.40 ± 2.40

8.80 ± 1.81

11.19 ± 2.18

10.34 ± 1.76

CCY (%)

85.81 ± 3.86

86.73 ± 3.36

83.26 ± 4.10

83.72 ± 4.10

SF (N/cm²)

11.44 ± 2.14

10.85 ± 2.08

16.44 ± 2.78

15.77 ± 2.77

IFP (%)

1.54 ± 0.47

1.37 ± 0.37

1.58 ± 0.39

1.33 ± 0.35

TBA-RS

0.35 ± 0.42

0.28 ± 0.34

0.57 ± 0.42

0.45 ± 0.37

WS (%)

61.5

73.4

42.7

42.6