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. 2019 Dec 4;99(2):1052–1061. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.10.007

Table 6.

Physicochemical properties of broiler chicken meat.

Item Treatment1
 Statistical parameters
C BSR1.5 BSR2 BSR2.5 SEM P value, C vs. BSR Linear Quadratic
Breast muscle
 Proportion in the chilled carcass, % 20.2 21.9 22.1 22.4 0.11 0.134 0.145 0.201
 pH24 6.02 6.15 6.18 6.23 0.07 0.287 0.109 0.217
 WHC, % 13.3d 15.7c 16.5 17.2a 0.05 0.016 0.023 0.326
 Cooking losses, % 22.5a 18.6b 15.4c 15.9c 0.27 0.024 0.019 0.132
 Shear force, N 32.4 31.8 32.6 31.9 0.46 0.128 0.243 0.147
Color parameters
 L* 54.3 54.9 55.6 57.1 0.48 0.148 0.457 0.261
 a* 10.4a 9.9a,b 9.5b 9.6b 0.07 0.033 0.024 0.196
 b* 11.7 11.9 12.3 12.7 0.11 0.089 0.078 0.154
Drumstick muscle
 Proportion in the chilled carcass, % 17.44b 17.42b 19.41a 19.28a 0.21 0.037 0.042 0.138
 pH24 6.54 6.61 6.72 6.68 0.05 0.264 0.217 0.315
 WHC, % 12.7c 13.5b,c 15.4a 14.6b 0.09 0.029 0.043 0.229
 Cooking losses, % 20.8a 17.6b 18.4b 17.9b 0.21 0.031 0.025 0.278
 Shear force, N 30.1 29.8 29.9 30.6 0.34 0.287 0.145 0.098
Color parameters
 L* 47.8 47.5 48.3 48.6 3.18 0.264 0.119 0.367
 a* 15.6 15.4 15.9 16.2 1.24 0.128 0.248 0.438
 b* 9.51 9.78 9.67 9.93 0.07 0.091 0.078 0.248

Data represent the mean of 10 broiler chickens per treatment.

a, b, cSignificantly different at P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: pH24, pH at 24 h postmortem; SEM, standard error of the mean; WHC, water-holding capacity.

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Treatments: C = control diet without Boswellia serrata supplementation; BSR1.5 = diet with 1.5% Boswellia serrata supplementation; BSR2 = diet with 2% Boswellia serrata supplementation; BSR2.5 = diet with 2.5% Boswellia serrata supplementation.