Table 5.
Item | Diet, D | Hen Age, A | D | A | D × A | RMSE | ||||
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C | HI25 | HI50 | A20 | A27 | A35 | |||||
Height, mm | 20.25 a | 15.95 b | 18.65 a | 17.58 | 19.31 | 17.97 | *** | ns | * | 2.39 |
Baking Loss, % | 43.28 a | 44.67 a | 35.19 b | 41.28 X | 45.23 X | 36.63 Y | *** | *** | * | 7.871 |
Colour Parameters | ||||||||||
L* | 87.956 | 87.653 | 88.360 | 88.257 | 87.690 | 88.023 | ns | ns | ns | 1.509 |
a* | −2.705 | −2.742 | −2.644 | −2.669 | −2.650 | −2.772 | ns | ns | ns | 0.630 |
b* | 13.494 a | 13.335 a | 11.936 b | 13.034 | 13.024 | 12.707 | *** | ns | *** | 0.847 |
Texture | ||||||||||
Hardness, N | 6.39 | 5.52 | 5.95 | 5.90 | 6.85 | 5.13 | ns | ns | ns | 3.088 |
Cohesiveness | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.72 | ns | ns | ns | 0.027 |
Springiness | 8.92 | 9.22 | 8.67 | 9.94 X | 7.89 Y | 8.98 X | ns | *** | ns | 1.565 |
Chewiness | 36.63 | 34.23 | 34.29 | 40.64 X | 36.42 X | 28.01Y | ns | *** | ns | 11.121 |
RMSE: Root Means Square Error. a, b are significant different means among diets. X, Y are significant different means among hen ages. ns: not significant (p > 0.05). * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001.