Traits | CM inclusion levels | Significance levels | |||||
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T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | SEM | Linear | Quadratic | |
Warm carcass weight (kg) | 21.36 | 20.96 | 20.53 | 23.23 | 0.80 | NS | NS |
Cold carcass weight (kg) | 20.80 | 20.49 | 19.95 | 22.24 | 0.83 | NS | NS |
Warm dressing (%) | 52.09 | 55.95 | 53.96 | 53.47 | 1.27 | NS | |
Cold dressing percentage (%) | 50.68 | 54.70 | 52.52 | 51.11 | 1.26 | NS | |
pH-45 min | 6.99 | 6.94 | 6.92 | 6.91 | 0.13 | NS | |
pH-1 h | 6.86 | 6.88 | 6.87 | 6.86 | 0.12 | NS | |
pH-3 h | 6.76 | 6.79 | 6.78 | 6.77 | 0.12 | NS | |
pH-6 h | 6.20 | 6.55 | 6.64 | 6.63 | 0.13 | NS | |
pH-24 h | 5.52 | 5.45 | 5.54 | 5.53 | 0.13 | NS | |
Temperature (°C) at 45 min | 14.95 | 15.94 | 14.13 | 14.13 | 0.91 | NS | |
Temperature (°C) at 1 h | 11.04 | 11.53 | 11.45 | 11.66 | 0.32 | NS | NS |
Temperature (°C) at 3 h | 7.60 | 8.19 | 7.41 | 7.33 | 0.34 | NS | NS |
Temperature (°C) at 6 h | 7.64 | 7.07 | 8.11 | 6.54 | 0.22 | ||
Temperature (°C) at 24 h | 3.73 | 3.63 | 3.65 | 3.58 | 0.17 | NS |