Category | SBW (kg) | HCW (kg) | CCW (kg) | Sh. Loss (%) | TEOffal (kg) | TNEP (kg) | CDP (%) | TDP (%) |
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Arsi | 160.2 ± 7.9 a | 82 ± 4.8a | 76.6 ± 4.5a | 6.4 ± 1.5a | 13.2 ± 0.5ab | 32.6 ± 1.1b | 51.1 ± 0.8a | 79.3 ± 1.9a |
Borana | 197.3 ± 15.8a | 97.5 ± 9.7a | 91.6 ± 8.7a | 5.8 ± 0.9a | 15.9 ± 1.0a | 39.6 ± 1.8a | 49.1 ± 1.2a | 79.8 ± 1.3a |
HF-Cross | 186.2 ± 18.4a | 86.5 ± 7.9a | 85.0 ± 8.0a | 1.8 ± 0.5a | 16.2 ± 1.5a | 36.5 ± 1.5ab | 46.6 ± 1.2a | 76.8 ± 1.6a |
Harar | 169.6 ± 9.3a | 81.3 ± 3.9a | 77.6 ± 4.7a | 4.7 ± 1.4a | 12.5 ± 0.6b | 35.0 ± 1.2ab | 48.3 ± 1.0a | 77.3 ± 1.8a |
P-value | NS | NS | NS | NS | ** | ** | NS | NS |
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2 - 3 yrs | 158.1 ± 5.9b | 78 ± 3.2b | 73.5 ± 3.2b | 5.8 ± 1.0a | 13.1 ± 0.4b | 33.9 ± 1.0b | 49.3 ± 0.7a | 79.4 ± 0.8a |
4 - 5 yrs | 198.1 ± 9.9a | 95.6 ± 5.3a | 92.0 ± 4.7a | 3.6 ± 0.7a | 15.9 ± 0.9a | 38.1 ± 1.1a | 48.3 ± 0.9a | 77.2 ± 1.4a |
P-value | ** | * | ** | NS | ** | ** | NS | NS |
Overall | 179.1 ± 1.0 | 86.8 ± 3.5 | 82.7 ± 3.4 | 4.7 ± 0.6 | 14.5 ± 0.5 | 35.9 ± 0.8 | 48.8 ± 0.6 | 78.3 ± 0.8 |
Breed * Age | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
CV | 14.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 26.5 | 13.3 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 |