Category

Scrotal fat (kg)

Kidney fat (kg)

Pelvic fat (kg)

Heart fat (kg)

Omental fat (kg)

SFT (mm)

Mean ± SE

Breeds

Arsi

0.48 ± 0.04

0.61 ± 0.05

0.27 ± 0.03^ab

0.52 ± 0.06

0.82 ± 0.11

6.25 ± 1.18

Borana

0.67 ± 0.12

0.61 ± 0.13

0.42 ± 0.06^a

0.62 ± 0.09

1.12 ± 0.22

4.0 ± 1.09

HF-Cross

0.44 ± 0.07

0.56 ± 0.08

0.21 ± 0.04^b

0.41 ± 0.05

0.8 ± 0.13

3.91 ± 0.84

Harar

0.5 ± 0.03

0.57 ± 0.09

0.27 ± 0.05^ab

0.58 ± 0.07

0.78 ± 0.06

4.25 ± 0.77

P-value

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

Age

2 - 3 yrs

0.46 ± 0.03

0.55 ± 0.06

0.31 ± 0.04

0.52 ± 0.05

0.83 ± 0.11

3.62 ± 0.52

4 - 5 yrs

0.58 ± 0.06

0.59 ± 0.06

0.28 ± 0.03

0.56 ± 0.05

0.93 ± 0.09

5.58 ± 0.78

P-value

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Overall

0.52 ± 0.04

0.57 ± 0.04

0.29 ± 0.02

0.53 ± 0.03

0.88 ± 0.07

4.6 ± 0.50

Breed*Age

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

CV

36.4

43.9

37.4

33.8

40.5

40.7