. 2020 May 21;10(5):899. doi: 10.3390/ani10050899

Table 4.

Effect of feeding system and post dry ageing on meat quality of buffaloes fed with (FRS; n = 8) or without (CTL; n = 8) ray grass in Semitendinosus muscle.

Parameter	Feeding System		SEM	Pr > F	Post Ageing		SEM	Pr > F
	CTL	FRS	SEM	Pr > F	T0	T1		Pr > F
pH	5.71	5.75	0.015	0.2592	5.56	5.64	0.014	0.2460
Aw	0.978	0.981	0.001	0.1381	0.981	0.977	0.001	0.0651
Texture
MSF, kg	1.21^A	0.60^B	0.21	0.0078	1.82^A	0.75^B	0.18	0.0033
WBSF, kg	7.47	7.52	0.47	0.9462	7.18	7.81	0.49	0.4080
Hardness, N	48.89^A	19.18^B	3.8	0.0015	36.72	31.35	4.46	0.4790
Gumminess	16.68^A	8.60^B	1.34	0,005	13.74	11.54	1.5	0.3811
Chewiness	12.14^A	5.94^B	0.97	0.0041	9.69	8.39	1.09	0.4718
Elasticity, cm	0.74	0.73	0.02	0.5625	0.72	0.75	0.02	0.2693
Resilience	0.23	0.19	0.02	0.1939	0.19	0.22	0.02	0.3490
Cohesion	0.36^A	0.52^B	0.03	0.0049	0.43	0.46	0.02	0.3231
Adhesivity	-0.47	-1.38	0.29	0.0680	-0.78	-1.07	0.31	0.5586

Aw= Activity water; MSF = Myofibrillar Shear Force; WBSF = Warner-Bratzler Shear Force. Data are reported as average values ± SEM. T0 = 5 d ageing, T1 = 30 d post ageing; T1 = 60 d post ageing. ^{A, B,} Values in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.01).