Table 1.

Color and pH of the longissimus thoracis muscle of kids reared with a milk replacer (MR) or natural milk from their dams (NM)

B	RS	n	pH	L*	a*	b*	hab	$C_{\mathit{ab}}^{\ast }$
FL	MR	15	5.54g	58.75a	−1.20g	12.42bcd	95.70a	12.34cde
	NM	15	5.49g	55.69abcd	0.55fg	13.08b	88.06b	12.91cde
GU	MR	15	5.75de	50.84defg	4.31d	8.28ef	62.73f	9.48f
	NM	16	5.71def	48.66fg	7.37c	9.00e	50.80g	12.06cde
MA	MR	16	5.84cd	52.5cdefg	9.40c	7.23fg	39.82h	11.83de
	NM	16	5.86cd	54.42abcdef	14.95a	7.33fg	25.53jk	16.40a
PL	MR	15	6.38a	58.61ab	14.03ab	5.78h	20.97k	14.66abc
	NM	16	5.97bc	54.81abcde	12.02b	6.08gh	27.29ij	13.24cde
PY	MR	16	5.78dc	54.45abcde	2.35def	13.46b	80.83cd	13.79bcd
	NM	14	5.64efg	49.15fg	1.54f	11.25d	83.07bc	11.52de
RE	MR	15	5.54fg	55.85abc	3.95de	15.22a	75.62de	15.82ab
	NM	15	5.47g	53.33bcdefg	3.86de	13.26b	74.26e	13.83bcd
TI	MR	16	6.05b	47.94g	12.33b	7.18fg	31.51i	14.09bcd
	NM	16	5.84cd	56.99abc	12.27b	6.38gh	27.98ij	13.70cde
VE	MR	15	5.75de	50.32efg	0.73fg	11.77cd	86.12bc	11.60de
	NM	15	5.83cd	53.77bcdef	1.89ef	13.01bc	82.08bc	13.18cde
	SE		0.037	1.587	0.712	0.452	2.145	0.705
	B		0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
	RS		0.0001	0.70	0.003	0.28	0.0001	0.25
	B × RS		0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

The least square means were adjusted for a hot carcass weight of 4.97 kg. Different superscripts in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).

B: breed; FL: Florida; GU: Cabra del Guadarrama; MA: Majorera; PL: Palmera; PY: Payoya; RE: Retinta; RS: rearing system; SE, standard error; TI: Tinerfeña; VE: Verata.