Table 2. Water holding capacity (WHC) and pH of pork loin raised under different selenium supplementation conditions and storage period
Item | Treatment | Storage period (days) | SEM1) |
0 | 7 | 14 |
WHC (%) | Con2) | 59.35b | 61.50b | 72.94a | 2.414 |
Se15 | 57.80b | 65.27b | 76.59a | 2.681 |
Se45 | 55.37c | 61.06b | 74.26a | 1.289 |
SEM | 2.319 | 2.336 | 1.960 | |
pH | Con | 5.90a | 5.53b | 5.51b | 0.058 |
Se15 | 5.79a | 5.50b | 5.53b | 0.050 |
Se45 | 5.81a | 5.54b | 5.57b | 0.048 |
SEM | 0.067 | 0.047 | 0.038 | |
n = 15.
Con, fed basal diet; Se15, pork loin from feeding organic Se 0.15 ppm + inorganic Se 0.10 ppm; Se45, pork loin from feeding organic Se 0.45 ppm + inorganic Se 0.10 ppm.
Different letters within the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05).