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Table 5.

Meat quality and proximate composition of breast muscle from geese fed increasing dietary levels of cottonseed meal.¹

Item	Control	CSM₂₅	CSM₅₀	CSM₇₅	CSM₁₀₀	SEM	P-value
L*	35.78	38.06	37.05	36.56	37.22	0.374	0.416
a*	17.40	17.28	16.88	17.61	17.58	0.249	0.907
b*	5.14	5.80	5.22	5.73	6.24	0.151	0.113
pH value	6.18	6.35	6.21	6.14	6.24	0.057	0.856
Expressible moisture, %	11.42	10.08	9.83	10.92	11.83	0.571	0.800
Shear force, N	43.87	41.45	43.57	43.05	48.95	1.052	0.218
Moisture, %	71.87	71.82	70.95	70.97	70.85	0.263	0.584
Protein, %	21.39	21.07	22.26	21.74	21.18	0.176	0.198
Fat, %	4.42^b	4.53^b	4.33^b	4.84^a,b	5.65^a	0.150	0.021

^a,b

Means with different superscripts within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Each value represents the mean of 6 replicate pens.