Table 2. Effect of stunning (with electric, CO2 gas and N2 gas) and non-stunning halal method on proximate components of chicken meat

Items Treatments1)
Elec-stun CO2-gas N2-gas Halal
Moisture (%) 75.23 ± 0.68c 75.53 ± 0.47b 74.90 ± 0.24d 76.02 ± 0.56a
Protein (%) 22.79 ± 0.66b 22.34 ± 0.56c 23.02 ± 0.37a 22.67 ± 0.17b
Fat (%) 1.34 ± 0.35b 1.21 ± 0.28c 1.36 ± 0.11b 1.49 ± 0.13a
Ash (%) 1.34 ± 0.51a 1.04 ± 0.08b 1.16 ± 0.05b 1.11 ± 0.08b
Collagen (%) 1.25 ± 0.24a 1.17 ± 0.17b 1.13 ± 0.09bc 1.08 ± 0.06c
Treatments: Elec-stun, electrical stunning method; CO2-gas, 80% CO2 gas stunning method; N2-gas, 98% N2 gas stunning method; Halal, non-stunning method. n = 40.
Different superscript letters in same row means significant differences (p < 0.05).