Table 6. The evaluation of tissue composition of the 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
Cut (g) 681 630 591 42.46 0.343 0.908
Fat (%) 31.17a 18.29c 24.50b 1.107 <0.0001 0.001
Meat (%) 43.53b 52.09a 45.77b 1.482 0.001 0.005
Bone (%) 22.29 25.07 25.08 1.107 0.147 0.320
Trimmings (%) 3.00b 4.55a 4.65a 0.471 0.038 0.027
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.