Table 7.

Arithmetic means (±SD) of meat quality traits as assessed in the LT muscle of pigs according to the loading density during transport

	Loading density1
Traits	D200	D235	D270	P
pH1	6.23 ± 0.24a	6.18 ± 0.2ab	6.15 ± 0.19b	0.10
pH24	5.73 ± 0.19	5.73 ± 0.15	5.78 ± 0.20	0.19
L*	51.99 ± 3.50	52.03 ± 3.31	51.27 ± 4.01	0.42
a*	3.18 ± 1.47	2.83 ± 1.26	2.79 ± 1.26	0.15
b*	12.26 ± 1.45	12.23 ± 1.32	11.93 ± 1.66	0.36
Drip loss, %	1.68 ± 1.00	1.77 ± 1.07	1.56 ± 0.98	0.79

^a,bWithin a row, means lacking a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.10).

¹D200: 200 kg/m²; D235: 235 kg/m²; D270: 270 kg/m².