Table 4. Influence of crating density and weather conditions on physicochemical traits of broilers during transportation

Crating density1)	Weather2)	pH	WHC (%)	Cooking loss (%)	L*	a*	b*
Low	Low	6.12	68.97	24.43	51.01	6.83	17.70ab
Medium		6.08	72.18	23.62	51.26	7.03	19.17b
High		6.16	72.76	23.26	51.70	6.41	17.73ab
Low	High	5.99	63.88	22.91	54.97	7.12	18.33ab
Medium		5.89	64.27	22.10	54.65	7.11	17.26a
High		5.86	63.55	21.85	55.24	7.12	17.30a
SEM		0.023	0.682	0.509	0.283	0.108	0.157
Main effect
Crating density
Low		6.05	66.43	23.67	52.99	6.97	18.01
Medium		5.98	68.23	22.86	52.95	7.07	18.22
High		6.01	68.16	22.55	53.47	6.77	17.51
SEM		0.040	1.181	0.882	0.490	0.188	0.271
Weather
Low		6.12	71.31	23.77	51.32	6.75	18.20
High		5.91	63.90	22.29	54.95	7.12	17.63
SEM		0.033	0.965	0.720	0.400	0.153	0.222
p-value
Crating density		0.472	0.484	0.655	0.709	0.510	0.175
Weather		< 0.001	< 0.001	0.156	< 0.001	0.097	0.073
Crating density × weather		0.360	0.460	0.999	0.911	0.492	0.006

Low, 20 birds/crate (0.039 m²/bird); Medium, 25 birds/crate (0.031 m²/bird); High, 30 birds/crate (0.026 m²/bird).
Low, low air temperature (−1°C); High, high air temperature (30°C).
Values with different superscripts in the same row were significantly different (p < 0.05).