Table 6. Effects of replacing soybean meal with perilla seed meal on meat quality in ROSS 308 broilers
Item | CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | SE | p-value |
WHC (%) | 63.2b | 63.7b | 65.6a | 65.8a | 0.8 | 0.033 |
pH | 5.88 | 5.97 | 5.93 | 5.90 | 0.07 | 0.335 |
Drip loss (%) | 3.14 | 3.28 | 3.18 | 3.11 | 0.14 | 0.486 |
Cooking loss (%) | 14.94 | 15.63 | 14.52 | 15.02 | 1.30 | 0.508 |
Shear force (g/g) | 2,245 | 2,335 | 2,263 | 2,332 | 57.00 | 0.222 |
Meat Color | | | | | | |
L*, Lightness | 45.8 | 45.3 | 44.9 | 46.4 | 2.0 | 0.775 |
a*, redness | 3.47 | 3.54 | 3.69 | 3.98 | 0.3 | 0.668 |
b*, yellowness | 10.21 | 11.76 | 12.25 | 11.89 | 1.3 | 0.503 |
Means in tde same row witd different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
CON, basal diet; T1, replacing 0.5% soybean meal witd perilla seed meal; T2, replacing 1% soybean meal witd perilla seed meal; T3, replacing 2% soybean meal witd perilla seed meal; S.E, standard error; WHC, water holding capacity.