. 2016 Feb 24;29(3):384–389. doi: 10.5713/ajas.15.0141

Table 4.

Dietary effects of β-glucan on the meat color quality in broiler chickens

		0 d	1 d	3 d	7 d
L*	NC	60.87±2.22^a ^y	59.98±3.17^a ^y	59.75±2.25^a ^y	57.49±2.19^a ^x
	PC	61.45±1.65^a ^z	59.27±1.39^a ^y	59.07±2.77^a ^y	55.61±2.73^a ^x
	15 BG	60.76±2.39^a ^z	58.16±2.08^a ^x ^y	57.49±1.35^a ^x	59.64±1.87^b ^y ^z
	30 BG	59.54±2.30^a ^x	58.64±2.19^a ^x	57.76±3.36^a ^x	57.38±2.66^a ^x
	60 BG	61.33±2.54^a ^y	60.34±3.90^a ^x ^y	57.86±2.57^a ^x	57.90±2.81^a ^x
a*	NC	7.50±1.70^a ^x	7.14±1.52^a ^x	7.05±0.97^a ^x	8.43±2.01^a ^x
	PC	7.93±1.55^a ^x	8.27±1.22^a ^x ^y	7.48±1.37^a ^b ^x	9.29±1.44^a ^y
	15 BG	7.83±1.14^a ^x	8.44±1.54^a ^x	7.54±2.06^a ^b ^x	8.07±1.37^a ^x
	30 BG	7.73±1.60^a ^x	8.31±0.98^a ^x	8.86±1.64^b ^x	8.44±2.11^a ^x
	60 BG	8.72±1.45^a ^x	8.28±1.33^a ^x	8.54±1.53^b ^x	7.89±1.39^a ^x
b*	NC	12.14±1.72^a ^x	11.67±3.08^a ^x	10.75±0.93^a ^x	13.74±2.79^a ^y
	PC	13.32±2.68^b ^x	12.38±1.50^a ^x	12.98±2.14^a ^x	13.37±1.88^a ^x
	15 BG	12.61±1.45^a ^x	12.38±2.32^a ^x	11.80±3.20^a ^x	14.09±3.11^a ^x
	30 BG	11.87±1.42^a ^x	11.85±2.16^a ^x	12.81±3.24^a ^x	13.95±3.71^a ^x
	60 BG	14.48±1.11^b ^y	12.17±2.65^a ^x	12.59±1.87^a ^x	14.34±1.71^a ^y

Values are mean±standard deviation of each treatment group. n = 8.

NC, negative control; PC, positive control (adding Zinc bacitracin); 15 BG, adding 15 ppm β-glucan; 30 BG, adding 30 ppm β-glucan; 60 BG, adding 60 ppm β-glucan.

^a–c

Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between column.

^x–z

Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between incubation row.