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. 2021 Apr 26;100(8):101215. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101215

Table 7.

Effect of increasing inclusion levels of DON-contaminated DDGS in diets on meat quality of broiler chickens.1,2

Inclusion levels of DON-contaminated DDGS1, %
 P-value5
Items 0 10 20 SEM T L Q
pH 1 h 6.39 6.42 6.47 0.04 0.42 0.20 0.85
24 h 5.94 5.92 5.98 0.05 0.39 0.54 0.22
Meat color3 L* 51.10a 50.74a 48.01b 0.56 <0.01 <0.01 0.10
a* 3.99 3.77 4.54 0.31 0.20 0.66 0.09
b* 8.52 8.46 9.20 0.43 0.42 0.28 0.46
WHC4, % 79.30 79.82 80.25 0.86 0.74 0.44 0.97
TBARS4 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.01 0.81 0.82 0.56
a,b

Means within a variable with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).

1

DON, deoxynivalenol; DDGS, corn distillers dried grains with solubles.

2

Data are least squares means of 8 observations per treatment.

3

L*, lightness; a*, redness; b*, yellowness (breast meat color).

4

WHC, water holding capacity; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (malondialdehyde equivalents per g of meat sample).

5

T, overall effects of treatments; L, linear effects of increasing inclusion levels of DON-contaminated DDGS in diets; Q, quadratic effects of increasing inclusion levels of DON-contaminated DDGS in diets.