Table 5
Mean values of the PSE-like and the DFD-like incidence (%) throughout the turkey transportation period with (WiB) or without (WoB) water bath treatments immediately before leaving the farm. Birds were located in one of 6 different truck container compartments: superior front (SF), inferior front (IF), superior middle (SM), inferior middle (IM), superior rear (SR) and inferior rear (IR)
| Vehicle compartments | WiB | WoB | Average |
|---|
| #PSE-like (%) | SF | 12.0 | 7.0 | 9.0a |
| IF | 9.0 | 6.0 | 7.0ab |
| SM | 2.0 | 6.0 | 4.0abc |
| IM | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0c |
| SR | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.0bc |
| IR | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0c |
| CV = 26.51% | Average | 5.0A | 4.0A | |
| $DFD-like (%) | SF | 4.0A,c | 3.0A,a | 3.5 |
| IF | 4.0A,c | 3.0A,a | 3.5 |
| SM | 13.0A,b | 5.0B,a | 11.5 |
| IM | 28.0A,a | 6.0B,a | 17.0 |
| SR | 17.0A,b | 4.0B,a | 10.5 |
| IR | 25.0A,a | 6.0B,a | 15.5 |
| CV = 32.07% | Average | 15.0 | 4.5 | |