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Table 3 Effects of dietary FD supplementation on physical characteristics of breast muscle in broilers

From: Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Item

CON

LFD

HFD

SEM

P-value

pH 0.75

6.56

6.54

6.54

0.055

0.987

pH 24

6.03

6.09

6.10

0.047

0.843

Lightness (L*)

47.64a

45.31b

46.27ab

0.387

0.032

Redness (a*)

2.55

2.75

2.58

0.163

0.868

Yellowness (b*)

10.58a

9.33b

10.03ab

0.207

0.020

Water loss, %

17.18

19.13

16.64

1.056

0.648

Drip loss, %

3.07x

2.34y

2.60xy

0.146

0.088

Cooking loss, %

31.56

26.58

26.34

1.291

0.181

Shear force, N

60.91

50.48

58.84

3.380

0.436

  1. CON Basal diet, LFD Basal diet + 500 mg/kg FD, HFD Basal diet + 1000 mg/kg FD, SEM Standard error of the mean
  2. a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
  3. x,yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)
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BMC Veterinary Research

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