Table 2.

Pigment content in meat from female wild boars (Sus scrofa scrofa L.) of different carcass weights.

Parameter		Group					Effect
	Muscle	I	II	III	IV	V	Muscle	Group	Muscle $\times$ group
		Mean $\pm$ SD	Mean $\pm$ SD	Mean $\pm$ SD	Mean $\pm$ SD	Mean $\pm$ SD
Myoglobin (%)	LTL	${\mathrm{20.00}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{0.92}$	${\mathrm{20.02}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{0.70}$	${\mathrm{21.81}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.60}$	${\mathrm{21.83}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.50}$	${\mathrm{24.41}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{0.31}$
	SM	${\mathrm{16.61}}^{\mathrm{D}}\pm \mathrm{0.93}$	${\mathrm{20.00}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{0.50}$	${\mathrm{20.04}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{0.20}$	${\mathrm{22.32}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.30}$	${\mathrm{25.14}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{0.40}$	${}^{**}$	${}^{**}$	NS
Oxymyoglobin (%)	LTL	${\mathrm{49.61}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{5.98}$	${\mathrm{40.39}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{6.78}$	${\mathrm{47.66}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{3.42}$	${\mathrm{46.75}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{2.81}$	${\mathrm{40.33}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{1.03}$
	SM	${\mathrm{36.62}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{2.07}$	$\mathrm{38.77}\pm \mathrm{1.10}$	$\mathrm{35.68}\pm \mathrm{1.62}$	$\mathrm{34.46}\pm \mathrm{2.04}$	${\mathrm{31.47}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{1.33}$	${}^{**}$	${}^{**}$	NS
Metmyoglobin (%)	LTL	${\mathrm{30.40}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{5.13}$	${\mathrm{39.61}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{6.45}$	${\mathrm{30.58}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{3.21}$	${\mathrm{31.45}}^{\mathrm{bB}}\pm \mathrm{4.56}$	${\mathrm{35.30}}^{\mathrm{aA}}\pm \mathrm{2.13}$
	SM	${\mathrm{46.77}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{0.89}$	${\mathrm{41.23}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{1.60}$	${\mathrm{44.32}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{1.35}$	${\mathrm{43.22}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.99}$	${\mathrm{43.39}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.82}$	${}^{**}$	${}^{**}$	NS
Pigment content in	LTL	${\mathrm{21.82}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{9.10}$	${\mathrm{25.90}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{1.10}$	${\mathrm{28.03}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{3.90}$	${\mathrm{47.92}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{3.01}$	${\mathrm{56.80}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{4.00}$
extract ($\mathrm{\mu }$mol L${}^{-\mathrm{1}}$)	SM	${\mathrm{18.52}}^{\mathrm{D}}\pm \mathrm{0.4}$	${\mathrm{24.91}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{0.40}$	${\mathrm{27.20}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{1.92}$	${\mathrm{27.63}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.73}$	${\mathrm{29.70}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{0.54}$	${}^{**}$	${}^{**}$	NS
Pigment content in	LTL	${\mathrm{4.29}}^{\mathrm{ab}}\pm \mathrm{2.29}$	${\mathrm{5.01}}^{\mathrm{b}}\pm \mathrm{0.33}$	${\mathrm{5.95}}^{\mathrm{aC}}\pm \mathrm{0.99}$	${\mathrm{9.49}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.42}$	${\mathrm{13.68}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{0.37}$
tissue (mg g${}^{-\mathrm{1}}$)	SM	${\mathrm{3.44}}^{\mathrm{C}}\pm \mathrm{0.03}$	${\mathrm{4.72}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.08}$	${\mathrm{5.35}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.99}$	${\mathrm{5.57}}^{\mathrm{B}}\pm \mathrm{0.04}$	${\mathrm{5.70}}^{\mathrm{A}}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$	${}^{**}$	${}^{**}$	NS

Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different: ${}^{\mathrm{a},\mathrm{b}}$ $P\le \mathrm{0.05}$; ${}^{\mathrm{A},\mathrm{B}}$ $P\le \mathrm{0.01}$. LTL: M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum; SM: M. semimembranosus. Group I – $\mathrm{30}\pm \mathrm{5}$ kg; group II – $\mathrm{45}\pm \mathrm{4.9}$ kg; group III – $\mathrm{60}\pm \mathrm{4.7}$ kg; group IV – $\mathrm{75}\pm \mathrm{5.2}$ kg; group V – $\mathrm{90}\pm \mathrm{5.0}$ kg.