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Table 5.

Effects of diet (BG-DW: bermudagrass hay—dewormed; BG: bermudagrass hay; SER: sericea hay) and stress treatment (ST: Non-Transported, NTS; Transported, TS) on Longissimus muscle pH, color, cooking loss, and Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF) value in goats.

Variable		ST	Diet			n	SEM	p-Value by ANOVA
Variable		ST	BG-DW	BG	SER	n	SEM	Diet	ST	Diet × ST
Initial pH (15 min)		NTS	6.81	6.93	6.76	6	0.068	0.159	0.780	0.551
Initial pH (15 min)		TS	6.77	6.90	6.86	6	0.068	0.159	0.780	0.551
Final pH (24 h)		NTS	6.27	6.02	6.26	6	0.108	0.239	0.802	0.339
Final pH (24 h)		TS	6.11	6.18	6.32	6	0.108	0.239	0.802	0.339
Color	L* value	NTS	46.45	44.63	45.77	6	2.043	0.185	0.279	0.174
	L* value	TS	50.02	49.24	43.10	6	2.043	0.185	0.279	0.174
	a* value	NTS	7.52 ^ab	7.63 ^a	7.18 ^b	6	0.102	0.001	0.130	0.832
	a* value	TS	7.41	7.43	7.09	6	0.102	0.001	0.130	0.832
	b* value	NTS	7.23	8.07	7.94	6	0.966	0.585	0.945	0.837
	b* value	TS	7.22	7.45	8.42	6	0.966	0.585	0.945	0.837
Cooking Loss, %		NTS	19.27	15.80	16.98	6	1.530	0.965	0.260	0.134
Cooking Loss, %		TS	14.46	17.28	16.00	6	1.530	0.965	0.260	0.134
WBSF, kg		NTS	3.75	3.03	3.09	6	0.403	0.510	0.215	0.671
WBSF, kg		TS	3.79	3.78	3.56	6	0.403	0.510	0.215	0.671

^a,b Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05) by LSD test.