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. 2017 Jan 11;12(1):e0170074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170074

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
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.