Table 3.
Effects of water-misting sprays with forced ventilation after transport during summer on GP in the PM muscle at early postmortem (n = 35 each treatment group)
| Item | Treatment group | p-value | ||
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| T | TR | TWFR | ||
| Glycogen1 (μmol/g) | 26.19±2.59a | 23.40±0.26b | 24.45±1.92b | 0.0085 |
| Lactate (μmol/g) | 79.89±1.74a | 76.32±0.49b | 69.75±2.09c | <0.0001 |
| GP (μmol/g) | 132.27±5.32a | 123.12±0.64b | 118.65±5.03c | <0.0001 |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.
T group, 45-min transport group; TR group, 45-min transport with 1-h rest; TWFR group, 45-min transport with 15-min water-misting sprays with forced ventilation and 45-min rest; GP, glycolytic potential; PM, pectoralis major.
a,b,c
Means within the same row with no common superscript differ significantly (p<0.05).
1
Includes glucose, glucose-6-phosphate, and glycogen.