Table 3. Meat color of pork loin raised under different selenium supplementation conditions and storage period

Item Treatment Storage period (days) SEM1)
0 7 14
CIE L* Con2) 55.56 54.47 50.93 1.353
Se15 54.77a 55.14a 48.85b 0.833
Se45 54.63ab 57.94a 51.17b 1.120
SEM 0.816 1.320 1.247
CIE a* Con 6.70b 11.26ABa 10.41a 0.636
Se15 6.78c 12.04Aa 10.28b 0.565
Se45 6.76b 10.03Ba 9.05a 0.585
SEM 0.431 0.529 0.775
CIE b* Con 13.10c 17.11a 15.49b 0.509
Se15 13.05c 17.87a 14.89b 0.317
Se45 12.09c 16.31a 14.15b 0.593
SEM 0.285 0.676 0.415
Chroma Con 14.74b 20.52a 18.73a 0.631
Se15 14.75c 21.60a 18.14b 0.525
Se45 13.86c 19.19a 16.85b 0.747
SEM 0.371 0.792 0.683
Hue angle Con 62.97a 56.73b 56.48b 1.649
Se15 62.56a 56.32b 55.66b 1.269
Se45 60.87 58.57 57.67 1.290
SEM 1.386 0.965 1.773
ΔE Con - 7.50 6.69 1.437
Se15 - 7.21 7.30 0.985
Se45 - 6.57 5.47 1.221
SEM - 1.075 1.362
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 column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).
Different letters within the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05).