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Arkansas Animal Science Department Report 2001
Table 2. Mean flavor scores 1 for treatment by gender by age category.
Age category
Gender Treatment 2 Under 30 3 Over 30 4
Female GC 5.62 + .44 ab 5.38 + .45
GS 5.90 + .44 a 4.38 + .45
FC 4.60 + .44 b 5.83 + .52
FS 5.62 + .26 a 4.78 + .26
Male GC 5.32 + .36 ab 5.27 + .38
GS 5.28 + .36 ab 5.73 + .38
FC 5.46 + .37 ab 5.10 + .40
FS 4.83 + .21 b 5.16 + .23
1 Flavor scores range from 1 to 8 with 1 = extreme milky oily and 8 = extreme beef fat.
2 Treatment codes: GC = corn fed beef that graded Choice; GS = corn fed beef that graded Select; FC = wheat fed beef
that graded Choice; FS = wheat fed beef that graded Select.
3 Treatment x gender interaction (P < 0.05).
4 No difference due to treatment or gender in the over 30 category.
a,b Means in a column with no common letters differ (P < 0.05).
Table 3. Treatment by age category means for juiciness, tenderness and acceptability
scores of beef steaks.
Characteristic of steak 1
Age category Treatment 2 Juiciness 3 Tenderness 3 Acceptability 3
Under 30 GC 5.23 + .36 a 5.92 + .35 a 6.12 + .23 ab
GS 5.19 + .36 a 5.52 + .35 abc 5.74 + .23 abc
FC 4.34 + .37 bc 4.83 + .36 c 4.58 + .24 e
FS 4.18 + .24 c 5.16 + .21 bc 4.93 + .14 de
Over 30 GC 5.22 + .44 ab 6.30 + .43 a 6.29 + .31 a
GS 5.14 + .44 a 5.30 + .43 abc 5.40 + .31 bc
FC 3.12 + .47 d 3.78 + .46 d 3.69 + .34 f
FS 4.64 + .26 ab 5.60 + .26 ab 5.20 + .19 cd
1 Scores range from 1 to 8 with 1 = extremely dry to 8 = extremely juicy for juiciness; 1 = extremely tough to 8 = extremely
tender for tenderness; and 1 = extremely undesirable to 8 = extremely desirable for overall acceptability.
2 Treatment codes: GC = corn fed beef that graded Choice; GS = corn fed beef that graded Select; FC = wheat fed beef
that graded Choice; FS = wheat fed beef that graded Select.
3 Treatment by age category interaction (P < 0.05).
a,b,c,d,e,f Means in a column with no letters in common differ (P < 0.05).
Table 4. Treatment by gender means for juiciness, tenderness and
acceptability scores of beef steaks.
Characteristic of steak 1
Gender Treatment 2 Juiciness 3 Tenderness 4 Acceptability 4
Female GC 5.10 + .42 ab 6.32 + .42 a 5.92 + .30 ab
GS 4.92 + .42 ab 4.97 + .42 b 5.19 + .30 bc
FC 3.17 + .44 d 3.76 + .44 c 3.39 + .32 d
FS 4.60 + .25 bc 5.65 + .25 a 5.14 + .18 bc
Male GC 5.36 + .37 a 5.89 + .36 a 6.49 + .24 a
GS 5.41 + .37 a 5.85 + .36 a 5.95 + .24 a
FC 4.30 + .38 bc 4.85 + .37 b 4.89 + .25 c
FS 4.22 + .22 c 5.10 + .21 b 4.99 + .14 c
1 Scores range from 1 to 8 with 1 = extremely dry to 8 = extremely juicy for juiciness; 1 = extremely tough to 8 =
extremely tender for tenderness; and 1 = extremely undesirable to 8 = extremely desirable for overall acceptability.
2 Treatment codes: GC = corn fed beef that graded choice; GS = corn fed beef that graded select; FC = wheat fed beef
that graded choice; FS = wheat fed beef that graded select.
3 Treatment by gender interaction (P < 0.05).
4 Treatment by gender interaction (P < 0.01).
a,b,c,d Means in a column with no letters in common differ (P < 0.05).
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