Table 6. Final body weights of turkeys, the yields of breast and thigh muscles in the carcass, and breast meat color parameters.
Experimental group1 | SEM | P | |||||
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C | AP | BP | SP | SSP | |||
Final body weight, kg | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 0.045 | 0.779 |
Thigh muscles yield, % | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 0.740 | 0.287 |
Breast meat: | |||||||
Muscle yield, % | 23.6 | 23.6 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 1.591 | 0.880 |
pH24h | 5.67 | 5.70 | 5.88 | 5.72 | 5.69 | 0.213 | 0.313 |
L* | 51.6 | 52.6 | 52.8 | 52.4 | 52.7 | 2.141 | 0.838 |
a* | 5.21 | 5.72 | 5.14 | 5.44 | 4.84 | 0.984 | 0.461 |
b* | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 0.960 | 0.574 |
1Dietary treatments with the addition of: C–cellulose, AP–apple pomace, BP—blackcurrant pomace, SP—strawberry pomace, SSP–seedless strawberry pomace. Values are means of 7 observations per treatment. L*—lightness, a*—redness, b*—yellowness.
SEM–standard error of the mean.