Table 6.

Effects of fermented mixed feeds on the meat quality of finishing pigs.

Item	Treatment			SEM	P-value
	CON	5% FMF	10% FMF
pH45 min	6.41	5.88	6.21	0.09	0.054
pH24 h	5.59	5.52	5.92	0.07	0.051
pH48 h	5.67	5.61	5.79	0.07	0.659
Meat color45 min	77.09b	82.60a	82.72a	1.06	0.034
L∗45 min	45.03	42.99	41.69	0.70	0.141
a∗45 min	9.56	9.91	10.08	0.19	0.557
b∗45 min	9.28	8.47	8.44	0.19	0.112
Meat color24 h	69.95b	72.97b	79.36a	1.40	0.010
L∗24 h	50.00	49.06	45.70	0.86	0.091
a∗24 h	11.18	12.03	11.28	0.34	0.578
b∗24 h	11.58	12.51	10.49	0.45	0.188
Drip loss, %	1.96	1.65	1.55	0.08	0.082
Shear force, N	149.33a	93.62b	96.50b	9.31	0.012
Marbling scores	1.83	1.67	2.17	0.18	0.537

CON = basal diet; FMF = fermented mixed feed.

^a,b Within a row, values with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05. Data are expressed as means and SEM, n = 6.