Table 2. Physicochemical traits of chicken breast meat under different materials of crates during transportation in summer

Items	Iron	Plastic	SEM	p-value
pH	5.92	5.96	0.035	0.588
WHC (%)	63.13	67.22	2.019	0.335
Cooking loss (%)	23.13	21.42	0.966	0.402
L*	53.45	52.85	0.411	0.476
a*	6.74	7.20	0.287	0.440
b*	16.34	17.19	0.250	0.095

WHC, water holding capacity.