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Table 6 pH, water activity, color and texture values of nuggets of leg and breast meat of broilers fed on extruded flaxseed meal supplemented diet

From: Impact of extruded flaxseed meal supplemented diet on growth performance, oxidative stability and quality of broiler meat and meat products

Treatment

Breast meat nuggets

Leg meat nuggets

 pH

0 day

10 day

20 day

30 day

Mean

0 day

10 day

20 day

30 day

Mean

 T 0

6.69±0.03

6.63±0.02

6.60±0.02

6.56±0.07

6.62±0.05ab

6.64±0.05

6.64± 0.06

6.63±0.02

6.59±0.04

6.6267±0.02 a

 T 1

6.64±0.07

6.60±0.05

6.58±0.07

6.53±0.05

6.58± 0.04b

6.66±0.06

6.61±0.03

6.58±0.07

6.50±0.03

6.5883±0.06ab

 T 2

6.77±0.11

6.64±0.05

6.62±0.02

6.61±0.04

6.66±0.07a

6.64±0.07

6.62±0.02

6.55±.0.09

6.50±0.02

6.5783±0.06 b

 T 3

6.71±0.11

6.66±0.07

6.57±0.07

6.54±0.03

6.62±0.07ab

6.65±0.04

6.59±0.05

6.58±0.06

6.49±0.03

6.5750±0.06 b

Mean

6.70±0.05a

6.63±0.02b

6.59±0.02bc

6.56±0.03c

 

6.65±0.01a

6.62±0.02ab

6.59±0.03b

6.52±0.c

 

Water activity

 T 0

0.683±0.005

0.667±0.002

0.663±0.005

0.655±0.004

0.6669±0.01a

0.671±0.003

0.670±0.004

0.660±0.004

0.654±0.002

0.6638±0.008a

 T 1

0.678±0.004

0.672±0.003

0.670±0.005

0.647±0.005

0.6668±0.01a

0.664±0.004

0.660±0.005

0.658±0.004

0.648±0.002

0.6575±0.006b

 T 2

0.673±0.005

0.668±0.005

0.662±0.007

0.659±0.003

0.6657±0.00a

0.659±0.005

0.656±0.004

0.650±0.004

0.646±0.005

0.6528±0.005c

 T 3

0.676±0.004

0.661±0.004

0.655±0.004

0.643±0.003

0.6589±0.013b

0.656±0.03

0.655±0.003

0.649±0.004

0.644±0.006

0.6510±0.005c

Mean

0.6777±0.004A

0.6672±0.00B

0.6627±0.00C

0.6508±0.0D

 

0.6626±0.0A

0.6602±0.00A

0.6541±0.5B

0.6482±0.04C

 

Color

 T 0

115±4

111±4

110±2

102±4

109.75±5a

125±3

120±3

111±3

106±3

115.83± 9a

 T 1

110±3

103±3

102±2

99±1

103.50±5b

122±2

119±4

110±3

100±2

112.67±10b

 T 2

111±5

106±4

98±3

95±3

102.58±7b

121±3

117±3

106±3

100±3

110.92±10bc

 T 3

107±3

105±2

92±3

90±2

98.67±9 c

119±1

118±3

104±2

99±1

109.92±10c

Mean

110.92±3 A

106.33±3B

100.67±8C

96.58±5 D

 

121.83±3 A

118.42±1 B

107.50± 3 C

101.58± 3D

 

Texture

 T 0

985.47±4.90

986.83±4.31

988.53±5.68

991.10±4.09

987.98±2.42A

969.3±3.4

973.9±3.1

976.7±4.0

978.3±3.2

974.57±3.9AB

 T 1

984.33±5.06

984.83±5.41

985.60±4.90

991.37±3.00

986.53±3.26A

974.8±3.9

976.6±4.6

977.5±4.2

979.1±3.8

977.00±1.8A

 T 2

979.37±4.16

981.97±3.0

986.40±5.47

992.90±4.37

985.16±5.9 A

971.6±3.6

976.0±4.8

978.4±4.3

980.0±4.4

976.49±3.6AB

 T 3

983.73±4.92

984.53±4.4

986.33±5.65

994.33±3.74

987.23±4.85A

968.9±3.6

970.0±3.0

974.7±3.3

979.6±5.0

973.30±4.9B

  1. Values are mean of three replicates ± SD. Means followed by different letters are significant different (p<0.05).