Table 5 Interaction between cactus pear silage (CPS) and submitted to intermittent water supply (IWS).

From: Carcass traits and meat quality of goats fed with cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica Mill) silage subjected to an intermittent water supply

Item

CPS (% DM)

IWS (h)

0

24

48

Cooking losses, %

0

38.22Aa

28.45Ba

30.37ABa

21

25.68Bb

30.45ABa

37.53Aa

42

34.99Aab

30.24Aa

32.14Aa

Shear force, N

0

23.98Aa

19.12Aa

18.93Aa

21

16.48Bb

17.06Ba

24.42Aa

42

17.46Aab

21.08Aa

21.08Aa

  1. A,B,a,bDifferent letters within a row with uppercase and within a column with lowercase are significantly different by Tukey test (p < 0.05).
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