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. 2019 Aug 3;33(4):640–650. doi: 10.5713/ajas.19.0262

Table 2.

Color traits of pork longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle from cull sows and finishing pigs

Items Finishing pork Sow pork p-values
L*(Lightness) 53.62±0.881) 51.50±1.13 0.1483
a* (Redness) 6.09±0.25b 11.10±0.67a <0.0001
b* (Yellowness) 3.97±0.25b 5.66±0.46a 0.0010
Chroma 7.09±0.32b 12.49±0.78a <0.0001
Hue angle 34.15±1.42a 26.57±1.09b 0.0008
1)

Means±standard errors.

a,b

Means within a same row with different letters are significantly different.