Table 4 Proximate composition of elk bulls according to the castration time

T1

73.1 ± 0.56^c

22.2 ± 0.13

3.00 ± 0.46^b

0.83 ± 0.00

T2

73.8 ± 1.00^c

22.2 ± 0.80

2.20 ± 0.28^c

0.89 ± 0.04

T3

73.6 ± 0.58^c

22.8 ± 0.84

2.01 ± 0.54^c

0.93 ± 0.04

T4

75.7 ± 0.13^b

22.0 ± 0.30

1.09 ± 0.33^d

0.92 ± 0.06