Table 3. Carcass characteristics of the hair lambs supplemented with FA and CTL

Item	FA (ppm)1)		CTL (%)2)		SEM	p-value
	0	300	0	1		FA	CTL	FA × CTL
HCW (kg)	22.46	21.91	22.33	22.03	0.49	0.304	0.573	0.164
CCW (kg)	22.00	21.50	21.83	21.68	0.49	0.356	0.776	0.134
Cooling loss (%)	1.15	1.11	1.48	0.78	0.35	0.910	0.072	0.325
Dressing weight (%)	48.13	47.13	47.92	47.34	0.95	0.328	0.573	0.565
Conformation (units)	6.46	5.98	6.32	6.12	0.20	0.036	0.355	0.583
Fat thickness (mm)	1.57	1.88	1.82	1.62	0.23	0.206	0.419	0.176
Loin area (cm2)	16.43	15.44	15.42	16.44	0.86	0.289	0.277	0.769
Body measurements (cm)
Carcass length	64.13	64.92	65.06	64.00	1.38	0.592	0.475	0.859
Thorax depth	18.38	18.30	18.44	18.24	0.31	0.805	0.557	0.879
Leg length	38.68	37.57	37.35	38.91	0.72	0.161	0.057	0.305
Leg perimeter	43.97	43.73	44.39	43.55	0.76	0.767	0.724	0.182

Lambs fed 0 or 300 ppm of ferulic acid through the 40-d feeding trial.
Lambs fed 0 or 1% of clinoptilolite through the 40-d feeding.
FA, ferulic acid; CTL, clinoptilolite; HCW, hot carcass weight; CCW, cold carcass weight.