Table 2. Effects of two plant extracts on color values, pH, cooking loss and WHC of broiler meat
Item | Dietary treatments (n = 10) | SEM | p-value |
Control | T1 | T2 | T3 |
CIE L* | 52.70bc | 55.64b | 55.05ab | 51.24c | 0.48 | 0.036 |
CIE a* | 9.13a | 5.82bc | 5.35c | 7.82ab | 0.12 | 0.021 |
CIE b* | 15.75 | 16.13 | 17.45 | 16.09 | 0.26 | 0.648 |
pH | 6.88 | 6.74 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 0.10 | 0.139 |
Cooking loss (%) | 26.87a | 26.83a | 22.43b | 22.72b | 1.31 | 0.01 |
WHC (%) | 37.48b | 39.37ab | 41.97a | 42.09a | 0.73 | 0.013 |
n, number of birds.
Within the same row, mean values with different superscripts are significantly different (p< 0.05).
WHC, water holding capacity.