Table 2.

Meat quality traits of minced meat and breast meat in Anatolian local and Mast geese

Group	Minced meat (mean ± SE)			Breast meat (mean ± SE)
	L*	a*	b*	L*	a*	b*
Mast geese	42.00 ± 1.9	18.77 ± 0.7	8.69 ± 0.4ᵇ	37.30 ± 1.3	15.82 ± 0.3ᵃ	1.83 ± 0.7ᵇ
Anatolian local geese	45.80 ± 1.3	19.00 ± 0.5	13.65 ± 0.3ᵃ	40.54 ± 1.2	14.24 ± 0.5ᵇ	6.42 ± 0.3ᵃ
P value	0.15	0.78	*	0.11	*	*

Values are presented as mean ± standard error (SE). Different letters within the same column indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). * indicates P < 0.05

^{a, b}: Means with different letters in the same column indicate a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Data are presented as mean ± standard error (SE)