. 2020 Jun 24;34(4):743–750. doi: 10.5713/ajas.20.0066

Table 5.

Meat quality traits for 3 major muscles from Chinese Qinchuan and Luxi cattle

Variables	Breed	Muscle			SE	Mean±SE	p-value

		LL	PM	SM			Breed	Muscle	Muscle×breed
pH	QC	5.61	5.68	5.63	0.03	5.64±0.02^a	^***	^*	NS
	LX	5.50	5.55	5.46		5.50±0.02^b
	Mean	5.55^y	5.62^x	5.54^y	0.02
L^*	QC	41.0	44.5	43.5	0.9	43.0±0.5^a	^**	NS	NS
	LX	40.4	40.8	40.0		40.4±0.5^b
	Mean	40.7	42.6	41.8	0.7
a^*	QC	18.5^a ^y	20.2^a ^x	19.7^a ^x	0.5	19.5±0.3	^***	^***	^**
	LX	16.3^b ^y	20.4^a ^x	19.6^b ^x		18.8±0.3
	Mean	17.4	20.3	19.7	0.3
b^*	QC	14.7	16.8	17.9	0.5	16.5±0.3	NS	^***	NS
	LX	14.9	17.2	17.1		16.4±0.3
	Mean	14.8^y	17.0^x	17.5^x	0.4
Cooking loss (%)	QC	20.3^b ^z	26.3^a ^y	30.9^a ^x	0.6	25.8±0.3	NS	^***	^**
	LX	23.0^a ^y	24.7^a ^y	28.6^b ^x		25.4±0.3
	Mean	21.6	25.5	29.7	0.4
WBSF (N)	QC	77.2^a ^x	42.6^a ^y	72.9^a ^x	2.0	64.2±1.1	^***	^***	^***
	LX	62.2^b ^x	46.6^a ^z	55.8^b ^y		54.9±1.1
	Mean	69.7	44.6	64.3	1.4
Sarcomere length (μm)	QC	1.7^a ^y	2.3^b ^x	1.8^b ^y	0.1	1.9±0.1	^***	^***	^***
	LX	1.9^a ^y	3.4^a ^x	2.1^a ^y		2.5±0.1
	Mean	1.8	2.8	1.9	0.1

LL, M. longissimus lumborum; PM, M. psoas major; SM, M. semimembranosus; SE, standard error; WBSF, Warner-Bratzler shear force; QC, Qinchuan cattle; LX, Luxi cattle.

^a,b

Means with different superscript letters within the same columns differ at p<0.05.

^x–z

Means with different superscript letters within the same rows differ at p<0.05.

NS, not significant;

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.0001.