Skip to main content

Table 2 Percentages of fat cover stratified by slaughterhouse

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

Slaughterhouse

Fat cover

 

1

2

3

4

1

0.00

0.00

100.00

0.00

 

(0.00-0.00)

(0.30-5.49) *

(91.16-97.87) **

(0.30-5.18) *

2

6.04

55.03

38.93

0.00

 

(2.35-9.40)

(46.98-62.42)

(32.55-46.81)

(0.00-0.00)

3

1.26

24.84

73.90

0.00

 

(0.00-1.42)

(19.34-28.30)

(70.91-80.03)

(0.00-0.79)

4

0.00

0.00

100.00

0.00

 

(0.00-0.00)

(0.31-5.59) *

(90.68-97.83) **

(0.31-5.59) *

5

0.00

4.21

95.79

0.00

 

(0.00-0.53)

(1.58-9.47)

(88.42-98.42)

(0.00-4.74)

6

0.99

87.13

11.88

0.00

 

(4.95-16.83) ***

(58.91-77.72) ***

(13.86-29.21) **

(0.00-0.00)

7

5.00

65.00

30.00

0.00

 

(0.83-12.50)

(50.83-75.00)

(20.00-43.33)

(0.00-0.00)

8

0.00

38.27

60.49

1.23

 

(0.00-3.09)

(22.84-42.59)

(56.79-76.54)

(0.00-1.23)

9

0.00

5.45

90.91

3.64

 

(0.00-0.00)

(0.00-8.18)

(88.18-99.09)

(0.00-6.36)

10

0.00

95.83

4.17

0.00

 

(2.08-27.08) *

(50.00-85.42) **

(4.17-33.33)

(0.00-0.00)

11

69.57

25.32

4.60

0.51

 

(62.40-70.97)

(27.62-36.45) **

(0.38-2.56) ***

(0.00-0.00) ***

12

0.53

12.89

79.21

7.37

 

(0.00-0.39) **

(5.26-10.53) **

(86.32-92.37) ***

(1.32-4.34) ***

Overall

14.70

25.11

58.51

1.67

 

(13.62-15.59)

(22.51-25.64)

(58.77-61.55) *

(0.68-1.59) *

  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)