Table 3. Effect of stunning (with electric, CO2 gas and N2 gas) and non-stunning halal method on thickness and Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) of chicken small intestine.
| Items | Treatments1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elec-stun | CO2-gas | N2-gas | Halal | |
| Thickness (mm) | ||||
| Fresh small intestine | 0.94 ± 0.06b | 0.69 ± 0.06d | 0.80 ± 0.07c | 1.09 ± 0.06a |
| Cooked small intestine | 1.78 ± 0.09b | 1.40 ± 0.07d | 1.54 ± 0.04c | 1.87 ± 0.05a |
| WBSF (kg/cm2) | ||||
| Fresh small intestine | 1.50 ± 0.14b | 1.11 ± 0.08d | 1.30 ± 0.04c | 1.63 ± 0.05a |
| Cooked small intestine | 0.39 ± 0.05b | 0.15 ± 0.03d | 0.27 ± 0.02c | 0.47 ± 0.03a |
1)
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.
a–d
Different superscript letters in same row means significant differences (p < 0.05).