Table 7. Effect of the treatments on levels of TBARS (nmol/g tissue) in fresh and frozen breast muscles of broilers.
Breast muscle | Experimental group | SEM | P-value | |||
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(n=10) | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | ||
Fresh | 18.49 | 14.38 | 17.99 | 19.47 | 1.05 | 0.183 |
Frozen | 33.30a | 30.68a | 30.04a | 24.34b | 0.72 | 0.014 |
Treatments: P1, control; P2, 0.5% β-alanine+0.24% MgO; P3, 0.25% L-histidine +0.24% MgO; P4, 0.20% β-alanine+0.10% L-histidine+0.24% MgO; a, b, P<0.05; SEM, standard error of treatment.