Table 3. The incidence of muscle abnormalities in each individual pairs of breast fillets in the same bird at different slaughtering ages (34, 41, 48 d).
| Age | Similar1) | Different2) | Distribution of muscle abnormalities in breast pairs with different abnormalities between left and right breast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS/WS+WB | WB/WS+WB | N/WB | N/WS | WS/WB | N/WS+WB | |||
| 34 | 60.81 | 39.19 | 6.08 | 2.03 | 2.03 | 15.54 | 0.00 | 13.51 |
| 41 | 63.56 | 36.44 | 21.19 | 5.93 | 0.85 | 3.39 | 0.85 | 4.24 |
| 48 | 68.71 | 31.29 | 29.93 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
1)
This result represents the percentage of breast fillet pairs (left and right) that had the same muscle abnormalities.
2)
This result represents the percentage of breast fillet pairs (left and right) that had the different muscle abnormalities.
WS, white striping; WB, wooden breast; N, normal.