Table 5.
Sensorial attributes of broiler breast meat (n = 10).
Item | Control | CV | CV + R | CV + M | SEM | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tenderness | 4.90a | 5.76b | 5.71b | 5.73b | 0.142 | <0.001 |
Juiciness | 4.20 | 4.45 | 4.38 | 4.33 | 0.131 | 0.584 |
Flavor | 4.71 | 4.44 | 4.43 | 4.62 | 0.114 | 0.201 |
Off-flavor | 0.164 | 0.203 | 0.309 | 0.078 | 0.065 | 0.088 |
Overall acceptability | 4.96 | 5.27 | 5.18 | 5.32 | 0.127 | 0.200 |
a.bDifferent superscripts within a row indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).
Dietary treatments: Control, corn-soybean basal diet; CV, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris; CV + R, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris + 0.005% Rovabio Excel AP; CV + M, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris + 0.01% mix of 4 CAZymes.
Abbreviation: CAZymes, Carbohydrate-Active enZymes.