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Table 4

Effect of diets on meat quality parameters.

Palm Rapeseed Hemp Rsd Effect

pH Longissimus dorsi, 24h 5.56 5.57 5.56 0.11 NS
pH Semimembranosus, 24h 5.61 5.49 5.57 0.15 NS
Drip loss, % 4.96 4.78 3.83 1.72 NS
Cooking loss, % 37.7 38.3 37.6 4.57 NS
Color index L 53.4 55.5 54.4 2.82 NS
a 7.21 7.47 7.47 1.13 NS
b 3.66 4.62 4.29 0.97 NS

Lipid content, %

Back fat 63.0 66.5 65.2 6.1 NS
Longissimus dorsi 1.42a 1.52a 2.07b 0.44 p< 0.006
Liver 3.83 3.83 4.18 0.62 NS

N = 12/treatments. The online values assigned to the same letter are not different at the 5%.

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