Table 2. Effects of lasalocid supplement on carcass data and non-carcass components (NCC) of Ardhi goats (N = 32)

Parameters	Treatments¹⁾				SEM	p-value
Parameters	Control	LAS 10	LAS 20	LAS 30	SEM	p-value
Carcass data
Slaughter weight (SW, kg)	35.25	35.13	36.13	37.94	0.52	NS
Empty body weight (EBW, kg)	31.36	31.26	32.99	34.22	0.51	NS
Hot carcass weight (kg)	15.88	16.11	16.29	16.41	0.28	NS
Cold carcass weight (kg)	15.52	15.79	15.94	16.03	0.28	NS
Chill shrink (%)	2.30^a	2.0^b	2.20^ab	2.29^a	0.04	*
Dressing (%, SW-base)	44.98	45.84	45.04	43.26	0.43	NS
Dressing (%, EBW-base)	50.54^a	51.56^a	49.33^ab	47.94^b	0.46	*
CCI (kg/cm)	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.01	NS
Ribeye area (cm²)	12.58	13.76	11.40	12.74	0.37	NS
NCC (%)
Head (skinned)	3.52^a	3.58^a	3.43^a	3.21^b	0.04	*
Heart	0.42	0.40	0.41	0.40	0.01	NS
Lungs	1.03^a	1.0^a	0.97^a	0.83^b	0.02	*
Liver	2.10^bc	2.22^ab	2.04^c	2.36^a	0.03	*
Spleen	0.17	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.01	NS
kidneys	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.01	NS
Genitals	1.38	1.47	1.46	1.44	0.04	NS
Skin	7.97	7.53	8.01	7.76	0.17	NS
Empty stomach	3.12^b	3.01^b	3.24^b	4.07^a	0.11	*
Empty intestine	2.76^bc	2.54^c	3.24^ab	3.83^a	0.13	*
Gutfill	11.01^a	11.08^a	8.69^b	9.81^ab	0.36	*
Total NCC percentage	33.82	33.35	32.00	34.24	0.40	NS

Control, BD + 0 ppm LAS; LAS 10, BD + 10 ppm LAS; LAS 20, BD + 20 ppm LAS; LAS 30, BD + 30 ppm LAS.
LAS, lasalocid; NS, non-significant; CCI, carcass compactness index; BD, Basal diet.
Means in the same row with different superscripts are statistically significant (*) at p ≤ 0.05.