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Table 1 Percentages of carcass conformation stratified by slaughterhouse

From: Carcass conformation and fat cover scores in beef cattle: A comparison of threshold linear models vs grouped data models

Slaughterhouse

Carcass conformation

 

O

R

U

E

1

1.10

34.62

64.29

0.00

 

(0.00-0.01) ***

(35.85-48.63) **

(47.80-60.99) **

(0.82-6.04) ***

2

1.90

36.08

47.47

14.56

 

(0.00-0.32) ***

(28.80-41.46)

(50.63-65.19) **

(3.80-11.08) **

3

1.25

38.13

59.38

1.25

 

(0.00-0.31) ***

(38.75-48.59) *

(48.91-59.06) *

(0.78-4.06)

4

0.60

33.13

56.63

9.64

 

(0.00-0.00) **

(25.90-38.86)

(54.22-68.07)

(3.01-10.24)

5

0.00

50.53

49.47

0.00

 

(0.00-0.00)

(43.16-62.63)

(36.32-55.79)

(0.00-3.68)

6

0.00

7.75

76.76

15.49

 

(0.00-0.00)

(4.93-14.44)

(65.85-80.63)

(11.62-23.59)

7

0.00

36.90

59.52

3.57

 

(0.00-0.00)

(26.19-46.43)

(50.60-70.83)

(0.00-6.55)

8

0.00

17.65

69.41

12.94

 

(0.00-0.00)

(10.59-25.29)

(59.71-78.82)

(6.47-20.00)

9

1.82

7.27

40.00

50.91

 

(0.00-0.00) ***

(0.00-8.18)

(43.64-68.18) **

(29.09-52.73)

10

0.00

50.00

50.00

0.00

 

(0.00-0.00)

(35.42-70.83)

(27.08-64.58)

(0.00-6.25)

11

0.00

96.36

2.96

0.68

 

(0.34-2.28) *

(92.03-96.24) *

(2.73-6.49)

(0.00-0.11) ***

12

0.25

80.99

18.00

0.76

 

(0.00-0.63)

(80.61-85.55)

(14.13-18.95)

(0.00-0.32) **

Overall

0.51

58.29

36.63

4.57

 

(0.10-0.51)

(58.37-61.22) *

(34.54-37.64)

(3.17-4.51) *

  1. Bootstrap confidence intervals (95%) in parentheses, and p-values from a threshold linear model (TLM). Percentage outside the bootstrap interval if * (P < 0.05); ** (P < 0.01); *** (P < 0.001)