Table 6.
Effect of defatted algae on yolk color
| Item | Control |
7.5% Algae |
7.5% Algae |
15% Algae |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -SBM | -SBM/Corn | -SBM/Corn | ||
| At the end of the 4th wk |
|
|
|
|
| L*(lightness) |
54.806 ± 0.541a |
52.502 ± 0.602b |
51.943 ± 0.650b |
50.328 ± 0.878c |
| +a*(redness) |
11.576 ± 0.209a |
13.438 ± 0.305b |
13.316 ± 1.015b |
12.939 ± 0.329b |
| +b*(yellowness) |
35.660 ± 0.314a |
34.522 ± 0.320b |
34.013 ± 0.383b |
33.038 ± 0.558c |
| At the end of the 8th wk |
|
|
|
|
| L*(lightness) |
54.758 ± 0.430a |
52.718 ± 0.393b |
51.690 ± 1.014c |
50.732 ± 0.762d |
| +a*(redness) |
11.084 ± 0.317a |
12.573 ± 0.288b |
12.518 ± 0.889b |
11.356 ± 0.607a |
| +b*(yellowness) | 35.479 ± 0.238a | 34.499 ± 0.149b | 33.697 ± 0.561c | 32.856 ± 0.239d |
a,b,c,dMeans in the same row without a letter in common are different (P < 0.05).