Table 2. Comparison of growth performance according to short-term fattening period and castration method in Hanwoo

Item	Castration		Hemi-castration		SEM	p-value
	24 months	26 months	24 months	26 months		CM	SFP	CM × SFP
Initial body weight (kg)	149.33	149.38	147.53	147.25	3.503	0.808	0.977	0.967
Final body weight (kg)	680.80	729.25	716.00	749.63	10.603	0.070	0.019	0.413
Average daily gain	0.93	0.93	1.00	0.96	0.015	0.038	0.701	0.288
Feed intakes (DM/kg)	8.43	8.44	8.53	8.55	0.022	0.016	0.703	0.988
Formula feed	6.37	6.49	6.44	6.57	0.017	0.005	0.001	0.838
Roughage	2.06	1.95	2.09	1.98	0.021	0.399	0.010	0.950
Feed conversion ratio	9.75	10.04	9.10	9.98	0.230	0.142	0.283	0.183

CM, castration method; SFP, short-term fattening period.