Meta-analysis of meat quality of cattle slaughtered with different subcutaneous fat thicknesses

Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate, through meta-analysis, the impact of subcutaneous fat thickness on beef qualitative traits. Combined data from 13 studies were used, comprising 245 carcasses of male bovines slaughtered in Brazil. Effect size for all parameters was calculated as mean difference or standardized mean difference, at 95% probability. The meta-analysis of random and fixed effects was carried out when I2>50% and I2

本研究旨在通过荟萃分析评估皮下脂肪厚度对牛肉品质的影响。本研究综合了13项研究的数据，涉及巴西屠宰的245头公牛的尸体。所有参数的效应量均以均值差异或标准化均值差异计算，置信水平为95%。当I²>50%时，对随机效应和固定效应进行了荟萃分析。