Table 4 Effect of treatment on carcass characteristics (Least squares means ± SEM)

46.0 ± 1.1

46.0. ± 1.8

44.2 ± 2.1

0.3150^ns

21.3 ± 0.8

20.4 ± 1.1

19.4 ± 1.4

0.3609^ns

21.0 ± 0.7

20.1 ± 1.1

19.1 ± 1.4

0.3417^ns

46.2 ± 1.2

44.4 ± 1.6

43.5 ± 1.5

0.6819^ns

4.5 ± 0.3

4.3 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 0.5

0.1602^ns

15.2 ± 0.7

17.1 ± 1.1

14.2 ± 1.3

0.1639^ns

3.5 ± 0.2

4.0 ± 0.3

3.1 ± 0.3

0.0912^ns

2.2 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.2

0.1596^ns

15.0 ± 0.5

15.3 ± 0.8

14.5 ± 0.9

0.5246^ns

48.8 ± 0.2

48.8 ± 0.3

49.2 ± 0.4

0.4228^ns

106.3 ± 3.8

102.2 ± 5.6

97.0 ± 7.2

0.4398^ns