Table 3 Age and weight at weaning and at slaughter, average daily gain (ADG), feed consumption, carcass characteristics and dressing percentage in Control (C) and polyphenols extract (PE) group (mean values ± SEM)
From: Effects of dietary supplementation with polyphenols on meat quality in Saanen goat kids
Groups | Significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
C | PE | P | |
Age at weaning (days) | 69.8 ± 1.30 | 68.9 ± 1.50 | 0.65 |
Age at slaughtering (days) | 146.8 ± 1.30 | 145.9 ± 1.50 | 0.65 |
Weaning body weight (kg) | 11.0 ± 0.75 | 10.7 ± 0.86 | 0.78 |
Final body weight (kg) | 17.9 ± 0.99 | 18.6 ± 1.28 | 0.69 |
Weight gain (kg) | 6.94 ± 0.60 | 7.93 ± 0.61 | 0.26 |
ADG (kg/g) | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.26 |
Concentrate intake (kg/day) | 0.30 ± 0.00 | 0.29 ± 0.00 | 0.33 |
Hay intake (kg/day) | 0.68 ± 0.01 | 0.67 ± 0.01 | 0.39 |
DM intake (kg/day) | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.85 ± 0.03 | 0.57 |
Carcass weight at slaughtering (kg) | 10.0 ± 0.51 | 10.0 ± 0.77 | 0.98 |
Carcass weight at 24 h (kg) | 9.7 ± 0.50 | 9.7 ± 0.74 | 0.99 |
pH at slaughtering | 6.8 ± 0.11 | 6.8 ± 0.12 | 0.90 |
pH at 24 h | 5.8 ± 0.03 | 5.8 ± 0.03 | 0.64 |
Dressing at slaughtering (%) | 55.8 ± 1.41 | 54.0 ± 0.48 | 0.15 |
Dressing at 24 h (%) | 54.6 ± 1.39 | 52.3 ± 0.45 | 0.14 |