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. 2023 Feb 10;102(5):102571. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102571

Table 12.

Correlations of various meat quality parameters for male broilers.

LW BY TY Drip pH L* a* b* Thaw Cook Total MF ME MPC
LW
BY 0.66***
TY 0.61*** 0.79**
Drip -0.42** -0.23 -0.35**
pH 0.15 0.26* 0.23 -0.13
L* 0.45*** 0.37** 0.30* -0.10 -0.12
a* -0.08 0.21 0.26* -0.09 -0.09 0.28*
b* 0.65*** 0.45*** 0.40** -0.16 0.03 0.61*** 0.46***
Thaw -0.50*** -0.32** -0.50*** 0.52*** -0.28* - -0.10 -0.15
Cook -0.20 -0.20 -0.23 0.29* -0.31** 0.15 -0.13 0.08 0.30*
Total -0.49*** -0.36** -0.51*** 0.51*** -0.31** 0.03 -0.18 -0.06 0.80*** 0.72***
M F 0.21 0.14 0.22 -0.29* -0.25* 0.08 0.04 0.19 -0.15 0.24* -0.01
M E 0.36* 0.29* 0.38** -0.45*** -0.03 0.29* 0.21 0.38** -0.29* -0.03 -0.24* 0.75***
M PC 0.60*** 0.53*** 0.46*** -0.15 0.21 0.60*** 0.15 0.56*** -0.20 -0.07 -0.20 0.02 0.25*

Abbreviations: BW, Body weight; BY, breast yield; FT, feathered tender; MF, MORS force; ME, MORS energy; MPC, MORS peak counts; TY, tender yield; WT, woody-like tender.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.001, ***P < 0.0001.