Table 4.

Differences in the malondialdehyde content MDA (mg/kg) of Longissimus lumborum muscle during postmortem ageing periods in cattle subjected to different distances and stocking densities during road transport.

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
0	0.077 ± 0.001 az	0.076 ± 0.001 az	0.053 ± 0.004 bz	0.053 ± 0.004 bz	0.051 ± 0.002 bz	0.050 ± 0.011 bz	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
1	0.114 ± 0.003 ay	0.111 ± 0.001 aby	0.109 ± 0.002 by	0.063 ± 0.008 dz	0.060 ± 0.008 cdz	0.057 ± 0.008 dz	<0.0001	0.0205	0.8322
7	0.131 ± 0.006 ay	0.121 ± 0.002 by	0.113 ± 0.002 cy	0.109 ± 0.002 dy	0.104 ± 0.002 edy	0.102 ± 0.002 ey	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
14	1.453 ± 0.007 ax	1.333 ± 0.005 bx	1.205 ± 0.009 dz	1.240 ± 0.007 cx	1.160 ± 0.007 ex	1.100 ± 0.006 ex	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0750
p value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

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