Table 4. The evaluation of the primary wholesale cuts of lambs fed pelleted complete diets with levels of neutral detergent fibers (NDFs)

Parameters Dietary groups1) SEM p-value
Diet 1 Diet 2 Diet 3 Groups Quadratic
Half carcass weight (kg) 7.88b 8.74a 7.96b 0.179 0.004 0.001
Shoulder (%) 31.25 32.37 31.93 1.145 0.787 0.586
Rack (%) 7.36 8.31 7.27 0.343 0.080 0.056
Loin (%) 12.68 11.89 12.96 0.406 0.179 0.075
Leg (%) 34.70 33.98 33.40 0.585 0.310 0.919
Foreshank and breast (%) 14.01 13.45 14.43 0.645 0.566 0.339
Dietary groups consisted of pelleted complete diets with varying NDF content: Diet 1 (20.98% NDF), Diet 2 (28.23% NDF), and Diet 3 (34.82% NDF).
Superscripts represent significant differences (p<0.05) between dietary groups for each parameter within a row.