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. 2019 Dec 17;62(2):597–604. doi: 10.5194/aab-62-597-2019

Table 3.

Texture parameters of 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 × group
    Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD      
Shear force (N) LTL 52.20B±6.10 52.71B±7.20 60.22a±10.90 67.03aA±11.11 70.20aA±10.30      
 
SM
69.50±4.15
74.01±5.61
78.42±16.1
81.93±15.9
84.40±11.70
**
**
NS
Hardness 1 LTL 143.80±17.30 145.45±11.64 119.53B±12.10 171.90A±0.01 121.08B±10.38      
 
SM
108.60b±24.53
141.41±16.62
139.63±22.56
164.75a±24.72
144.34±14.94
NS
**
NS
Hardness 2 LTL 131.95±16.10 132.24±10.58 108.77B±11.65 158.62A±1.21 111.40B±14.01      
 
SM
99.71b±22.89
132.45±0.85
129.42±23.10
153.90a±23.22
134.24±15.36
NS
**
NS
Cohesiveness LTL 0.57±0.02 0.57±0.01 0.56±0.02 0.57±0.02 0.58±0.01      
 
SM
0.58±0.02
0.62a±0.02
0.57b±0.03
0.61±0.01
0.61±0.01
**
*
NS
Springiness LTL 0.53±0.02 0.54±0.01 0.52±0.03 0.52±0.04 0.53±0.04      
 
SM
0.52±0.05
0.56±0.03
0.55±0.04
0.55±0.02
0.52±0.06
NS
NS
NS
Gumminess LTL 81.94±9.33 83.99±8.78 67.79B±8.79 99.86A±11.42 70.26B±8.51      
 
SM
63.68b±15.92
87.81±11.38
80.53±17.47
99.62a±15.83
87.68±9.22
NS
**
NS
Chewiness LTL 43.75±3.99 45.21±5.07 35.43b±3.48 52.37a±10.60 37.52b±3.16      
 
SM
33.44±9.90
48.85±6.02
44.61±13.63
55.03±10.22
45.99±9.52
NS
*
NS
Resilience LTL 0.19B±0.01 0.21±0.01 0.20B±0.01 0.23A±0.01 0.19B±0.01      
 
SM
0.19±0.03
0.321±0.02
0.20±0.02
0.23±0.02
0.23±0.02
NS
**
NS
Stringiness LTL 10.66±0.64 10.37±0.42 11.22±0.72 10.36±0.22 10.92±0.86      
  SM 10.04±0.92 10.07±0.40 9.95±0.66 10.24±0.90 9.81±0.58 * NS NS

Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different: a,b P0.05; A,B P0.01. LTL: M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum; SM: M. semimembranosus. Group I – 30±5 kg; group II – 45±4.9 kg; group III – 60±4.7 kg; group IV – 75±5.2 kg; group V – 90±5.0 kg.