The effect of castration time on growth and carcass production of elk bulls

Table 2 Growth parameters for the elk bulls according to the castration time

Castration time^a	Initial weight (kg)	Final weight (kg)	Total gain (kg)	Average daily gain (kg/day)
T1	307.00 ± 35.59	347.33 ± 39.55	40.00 ± 4.41^bc	0.21 ± 0.02^bc
T2	320.33 ± 23.86	362.67 ± 21.94	42.67 ± 3.04^b	0.22 ± 0.02^b
T3	311.33 ± 40.80	334.67 ± 44.02	23.00 ± 5.05^d	0.12 ± 0.03^d
T4	305.00 ± 13.00	340.00 ± 14.00	35.10 ± 0.70^c	0.18 ± 0.01^c

All values are Mean ± SD (n = 3)
^aT1: mid-Mar, T2: mid-Apr, T3: mid-Jun, T4: entires
^b-dFigures with different letters within a same column differ significantly (p < 0.05)

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