Table 2.

BMORS, MORS, and Warner-Bratzler shear values measured in cooked unaffected (NORM) and WB affected Pectoralis major muscle, evaluated within muscle condition according to the deboning time effect.

Deboning time	NORM			WB
	BMORS force (N)	Warner-Bratzler shear force (N)	MORS (N)	BMORS force (N)	Warner-Bratzler shear force (N)	MORS (N)
15 min	16.37a	65.88a	12.77	17.51	40.24	10.96
3 h	15.65a,b	55.14a,b	12.78	17.61	43.19	11.92
6 h	12.76b	44.11b,c	12.44	16.31	48.03	11.59
24 h	12.80b	37.71c	11.89	17.37	44.15	11.33
SEM	0.84	2.90	0.48	1.15	4.91	0.70
P-value	<0.05	<0.05	NS	NS	NS	NS

Means within the same column followed by different lowercase superscript letters differ P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: BMORS, blunt Meullenet-Owens razor shear; WB, wooden breast.