Table 2.

Differences in the glycogen content and pH values of Longissimus lumborum muscle during postmortem ageing periods in cattle subjected to different distances and stocking densities (SD) during road transport.

Parameters	Ageing (Day)	Long Distance (850 km)			Medium Distance (450 km)			Level of Significance
		High-SD (600 kg/m2)	Medium-SD (400 kg/m2)	Low-SD (200 kg/m2)	High-SD (600 kg/m2)	Medium-SD (400 kg/m2)	Low-SD (200 kg/m2)	Distance	Stocking	Distance × Stocking
No of animals		10	10	10	10	10	10
Glycogen (mg/kg meat)
	0	1.411 ± 0.002 fw	1.464 ± 0.002 ew	1.539 ± 0.002 dw	1.655 ± 0.001 cw	1.67 ± 0.001 bw	1.753 ± 0.001 aw	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.1100
	1	0.776 ± 0.001 dx	0.799 ± 0.001 cx	0.808 ± 0.001 cx	0.826 ± 0.001 bx	0.825 ± 0.002 bx	0.837 ± 0.001 ax	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0553
	7	0.675 ± 0.001 cy	0.687 ± 0.001 cy	0.698 ± 0.001 cy	0.702 ± 0.001 cy	0.710 ± 0.001 by	0.731 ± 0.001 ay	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.2257
	14	0.341 ± 0.001 cz	0.347 ± 0.001 cz	0.356 ± 0.002 bz	0.356 ± 0.001 bz	0.356 ± 0.001 bz	0.376 ± 0.002 az	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.1822
	p value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
pH (unit)
	0	6.66 ± 0.01 ax	6.47 ± 0.02 bx	6.38 ± 0.02 bx	6.26 ± 0.02 bx	5.85 ± 0.03 cx	5.80 ± 0.04 cx	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.2849
	1	5.62 ± 0.01 az	5.54 ± 0.01 bz	5.43 ± 0.01 cz	5.59 ± 0.01 abz	5.53 ± 0.01 by	5.36 ± 0.02 cz	0.1865	<0.0001	0.5737
	7	5.75 ± 0.02 az	5.65 ± 0.01 bz	5.60 ± 0.02 bz	5.59 ± 0.01 bz	5.60 ± 0.02 by	5.52 ± 0.01 cy	0.0048	0.0336	0.3826
	14	6.12 ± 0.01 ay	6.05 ± 0.02 by	6.00 ± 0.01 by	5.87 ± 0.01 cy	5.85 ± 0.01 cx	5.76 ± 0.01 dx	<0.0001	0.0743	0.8832
	p value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

a–f, means in the same row with different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05; w–z means in the same column with different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05.