Traits | Cattle Breeds | Overall mean | P-value | |||
Arsi | Harar | Jersey*Horro | Ogaden | |||
Mean ± SE | ||||||
Slaughter weight (kg) | 172.67 ± 5.21c | 216.00 ± 8.00b | 198.67 ± 15.34bc | 275.00 ± 11.06a | 215.58 ± 12.21 | 0.0008 |
Hot carcass weight (kg) | 85.97 ± 2.66b | 98.93 ± 5.74b | 90.25 ± 8.93b | 136.57 ± 7.28a | 102.93 ± 6.64 | 0.0023 |
Chilled carcass weight (kg) | 83.10 ± 2.87b | 95.03 ± 5.11b | 86.82 ± 9.00b | 133.30 ± 7.52a | 99.56 ± 6.63 | 0.0023 |
Dressing percentage (%)based on hot carcass weight | 49.82 ± 1.37a | 45.73 ± 1.11b | 45.27 ± 1.17b | 49.61 ± 0.77a | 47.61 ± 0.80 | 0.0354 |
Dressing percentage (%) based on chilled carcass weight | 48.15 ± 1.33a | 43.94 ± 0.84b | 43.51 ± 1.36b | 48.41 ± 0.86a | 46.01 ± 0.84 | 0.0241 |
Chilling/shrinkage loss (%) | 3.36 ± 0.43 | 3.89 ± 0.50 | 3.90 ± 0.51 | 2.43 ± 0.41 | 3.39 ± 0.27 | 0.1629 |
Rib eye area (inch2 ) | 6.07± 0.03b | 9.03 ± 0.12a | 7.87 ± 1.03ab | 9.53 ± 0.55a | 8.13 ± 0.47 | 0.0134 |