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

Table 13.

Correlations of various meat quality parameters for female broilers.

LW BY TY Drip pH L* a* b* Thaw Cook Total MF ME MPC
LW
BY 0.79***
TY 0.78*** 0.87***
Drip -0.59*** -0.45** -0.47***
pH -0.39* -0.24 -0.18 0.37**
L* 0.51*** 0.41** 0.36* -0.31* -0.33**
a* 0.47** 0.41** 0.30* -0.09 -0.26* -0.11
b* 0.80*** 0.68*** 0.68*** -0.39** -0.37** 0.53*** 0.40**
Thaw -0.58*** -0.45** -0.49*** 0.59*** 0.15 -0.15 -0.19 -0.43**
Cook -0.47** -0.49*** -0.54*** 0.41**- 0.23 -0.17 -0.42** -0.33* 0.31*
Total -0.68*** -0.56*** -0.63*** 0.64*** 0.28* -0.25 -0.38** -0.50*** 0.82*** 0.72***
M F 0.08 -0.07 -0.13 -0.12 -0.36** 0.13 -0.16 0.03 0.08 0.29* 0.18
M E 0.18 0.02 -0.04 -0.21 -0.37** 0.15 -0.19 0.10 -0.10 0.35** 0.09 0.89***
M PC 0.46** 0.37* 0.51*** -0.15 0.15 0.28* 0.09 0.45** -0.12 -0.12 -0.22 -0.10 -0.06

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.