Table 7. Trimming loss (%) of pork BS by gender and quality grade (QG)

Items	Gender	QG1⁺	QG1	QG2
Belly slice at 5^th TV	Barrow	7.23±4.42^A	6.17±2.28^A	7.71±3.61^A
Belly slice at 5^th TV	Gilt	3.75±2.23^B	3.82±2.2^B	2.16±2.42^B
Belly slice at 6^th TV	Barrow	6.63±2.42^A	4.99±2.84^A	6.83±2.32^A
Belly slice at 6^th TV	Gilt	4.25±2.10^B	3.43±2.02^B	4.36±2.82^B
Belly slice at 7^th TV	Barrow	5.89±2.35^A	5.49±2.72^A	6.84±2.36^A
Belly slice at 7^th TV	Gilt	3.58±1.71^B	3.08±1.26^B	4.07±2.62^B
Belly slice at 8^th TV	Barrow	5.02±2.14^A	4.54±2.47^A	6.05±1.91^A
Belly slice at 8^th TV	Gilt	3.09±1.53^B	2.81±0.94^B	3.30±1.90^B
Belly slice at 9^th TV	Barrow	4.56±2.32^A	4.11±1.98^A	5.55±1.43^A
Belly slice at 9^th TV	Gilt	2.51±1.25^B	2.42±1.02^B	3.08±2.71^B
Belly slice at 10^th TV	Barrow	5.02±2.63^A	4.80±1.76^A	6.00±1.73^A
Belly slice at 10^th TV	Gilt	2.56±1.43^B	3.03±1.39^B	3.20±2.96^B
Belly slice at 11^th TV	Barrow	7.78±4.31^A	8.13±2.55^A	8.02±2.96^A
Belly slice at 11^th TV	Gilt	3.38±2.10^B	3.72±1.80^B	4.99±4.40^B
Belly slice at 12^th TV	Barrow	10.48±3.91^A	11.27±4.59^A	11.77±4.06^A
Belly slice at 12^th TV	Gilt	5.91±3.21^B	5.61±1.75^B	7.39±4.65^B
Belly slice at 13^th TV	Barrow	11.72±2.40^Ab	11.07±2.13^Ab	14.67±2.60^Aa
Belly slice at 13^th TV	Gilt	7.77±3.22^B	8.33±3.21^B	8.84±4.13^B
Belly slice at 14^th TV	Barrow	10.10±2.54^Ab	9.86±1.59^b	12.92±2.99^Aa
Belly slice at 14^th TV	Gilt	7.58±2.62^B	7.74±3.33	8.31±3.47^B
Belly slice at 15^th TV	Barrow	8.82±5.93^A	8.08±2.13^A	10.01±3.32^A
Belly slice at 15^th TV	Gilt	5.82±3.04^B	5.91±2.39^B	6.31±3.17^B
Belly slice at 16^th TV	Barrow	5.25±2.72^b	5.30±1.24^b	7.95±2.74^Aa
Belly slice at 16^th TV	Gilt	4.07±2.27	4.04±2.36	4.31±3.10B
Belly slice at 1^st LV	Barrow	4.04±3.06^b	3.71±1.45^b	7.76±5.59^Aa
Belly slice at 1^st LV	Gilt	3.28±4.47	2.93±2.75	3.08±2.76B
Belly slice at 2^nd LV	Barrow	3.02±2.13^Ab	2.49±1.60^ab	4.46±1.71^a
Belly slice at 2^nd LV	Gilt	1.98±1.49^B	2.13±2.36	2.73±2.65
Belly slice at 3^rd LV	Barrow	3.61±3.26	2.74±1.96	3.07±1.67
Belly slice at 3^rd LV	Gilt	2.25±3.92	1.33±2.10	2.31±1.72
Belly slice at 4^th LV	Barrow	2.32±3.34	3.85±3.26	3.53±3.50
Belly slice at 4^th LV	Gilt	1.74±2.30	1.48±2.71	2.43±2.79
Belly slice at 5^th LV	Barrow	0.94±1.90	1.38±2.40	1.99±2.81
Belly slice at 5^th LV	Gilt	0.93±2.29	0.04±0.16	0.44±0.93

Means with different superscript in the same column significantly differ at p<0.05.
Means with different superscript in the same row significantly differ at p<0.05.
BS, belly slices; TV, thoracic vertebrae; LV, lumbar vertebrae.