Figure 5
From: Non-invasive metabolomics biomarkers of production efficiency and beef carcass quality traits
Urine steroids (a) and bile acids composition (b) (%) for ADG-classification in stage-1 and stage-2. Results are shown as means ± SE of all steers averaging the results of the 6 sampling times (n = 145). Urine glucocorticoids and sex-steroids (testosterone + progesterone) tended to be significant (P = 0.10) between ADG-classification in stage-1 but were not significant in stage-2. Urine bile acids composition of unconjugated, taurine-conjugated and glycine-conjugated were different (P < 0.05) in stage-1 but did not differ in stage-2.
