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.