Table 3 Carcass traits CT: control group (n = 6).

From: Folic acid supplementation during fattening period affects growth and nutritional metabolism in Japanese Black beef cattle

Item

Treatment

SEM

P-value

CT

LFA

HFA

Live weight (kg)

844.33b

950.00a

921.17ab

16.72

 < 0.05

Carcass weight (kg)

571.58

625.75

619.17

11.16

0.09

Eye muscle area (cm2)

70.67

74.67

71.83

1.80

0.67

Rib thickness (cm)

8.38

8.80

8.92

0.17

0.42

Subcutaneous fat (cm)

2.95

3.20

3.38

0.17

0.61

Yields estimated percentage

74.42

74.35

73.87

0.25

0.63

BMS No

9.17

8.83

8.17

0.43

0.66

BCS No

3.17

3.17

3.50

0.11

0.37

FIR No

4.83

4.83

4.67

0.10

0.76

TEX No

4.83

4.83

4.83

0.09

1.00

BFS No

3.00

3.00

3.00

0.00

1.00

  1. LFA Low folic acid supplementation group (n = 6), HFA High folic acid supplementation group (n = 6), BMS Beef marbling score, BCS Beef color score, FIR Firmness of beef, TEX Texture of beef, BFS Beef fat color score. Different letters are significantly different by Tukey–Kramer test.
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