Table 1. The effect of breeds and genders on carcass size performances of yak

Items	Breed		Gender		Significance¹

	Gannan	Sibu	Steers	Heifers	B	G
Carcass weight CW (kg)	113.76^b	152.39^a	155.4^a	107.24^b	**	**
Carcass length CL (cm)	113.67	112.25	118.09^a	107.95^b	ns	**
Carcass depth CD (cm)	64.58	65.1	68.68^a	60.95^b	ns	*
Carcass thorax depth CTD (cm)	64.71^b	70.85^a	70.91^a	64.09^b	*	*
Round perimeter RP (cm)	48.17^b	68.45^a	60.82^a	53.95^b	**	*
Round width RW (cm)	36.92^a	20.68^b	33.23^a	25.85^b	**	**
Round length RL (cm)	68.13^a	62.25^b	69.45^a	61.45^b	**	**
Meat thickness at round MTR (cm)	9.88^b	14.08^a	11.89	11.68	**	ns
Meat thickness at huckle MTH (cm)	4.44^b	5.68^a	5.83^a	4.18^b	*	**
Eye muscle area EMA (cm²)	22.26^b	33.67^a	30.23^a	24.67^b	**	*