. 2020 Aug 18;10(8):1442. doi: 10.3390/ani10081442

Table 3.

Effect of different transportation treatments on drip loss and pH in broiler muscle.

Item	Treatment			p-Value	Pooled SE
Item	Stillness	2 h Transportation	4 h Transportation	p-Value	Pooled SE
Breast muscle
Drip loss₂₄, %	0.54 ^a	1.20 ^b	1.47 ^c	0.000	0.12
pH _{45 min}	6.31 ^a	6.25 ^a	6.03 ^b	0.039	0.05
pH _{24 h}	5.99 ^a	5.87 ^a	5.31 ^b	0.045	0.06
Thigh muscle
Drip loss₂₄, %	0.56 ^a	1.11 ^b	1.24 ^b	0.000	0.09
pH _{45 min}	6.21 ^a	6.19 ^a	6.02 ^b	0.003	0.08
pH _{24 h}	6.10 ^a	6.16 ^a	5.89 ^b	0.002	0.05

^a–c Superscripts for means are for one-way ANOVA analyses. Within a column, means without a common superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05).