TABLE 7.
Effect of myopathy presence, sex and their interactions on breast quality traits.
| Myopathy (M) | Sex (S) | p value | RMSE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | Male | Female | M | S | M×S | ||
| Chickens, n | 354 | 924 | 729 | 549 | - | - | - | - |
| pH | 5.90 | 5.92 | 5.93 | 5.89 | <0.01 | <0.001 | 0.50 | 0.12 |
| Lightness (L*) | 47.2 | 47.3 | 47.4 | 47.0 | 0.36 | <0.05 | 0.15 | 2.33 |
| Redness (a*) | 1.38 | 1.45 | 1.32 | 1.45 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.94 | 0.64 |
| Yellowness (b*) | 17.9 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 0.94 | <0.05 | 0.53 | 1.80 |
| Thawing losses, % | 9.32 | 9.70 | 9.49 | 9.70 | 0.11 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 2.58 |
| Cooking losses, % | 25.0 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 24.8 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.12 | 4.17 |
| Total losses, % | 33.9 | 36.1 | 35.9 | 34.1 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.56 | 4.77 |
| Shear force, kg/g | 2.92 | 3.26 | 3.18 | 3.00 | <0.001 | <0.05 | 0.94 | 0.90 |