Research Article
Effect of Age and Breed on Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Beni-Guil and Ouled-Djellal Sheep Breeds
Table 3
Effect of breed, slaughter age, and their interaction on carcass traits and meat quality of Beni-Guil and Ouled-Djellal sheep breed from eastern Morocco.
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NS: not significant (); ; ; ; SLW: slaughter live weight; HCW: hot carcass weight; CCW: cold carcass weight; HD: hot dressing; CD: cold dressing; SL: shrinkage loss; G: basin width; K: carcass length; F: leg length; LCI: leg compactness index; CCI1: carcass compactness index 1; CCI2: carcass compactness index 2. |