In-transit development of color abnormalities in turkey breast meat during winter season

Table 3 Mean values of the Air Ventilation (AV) and the Wind Chill (WC) measured with (WiB) or without (WoB) bath treatments immediately before leaving the farm. Birds were located in one of 6 different container compartments: superior front (SF), inferior front (IF), superior middle (SM), inferior middle (IM), superior rear (SR) and inferior rear (IR)

	Vehicle compartments	WiB	WoB	Average
^#AV	SF	3.27	3.15	3.21^a
	IF	1.61	1.60	1.61^b
	SM	0.83	0.81	0.82^c
	IM	0.17	0.15	0.16^d
	SR	0.67	0.65	0.66^c
	IR	0.17	0.13	0.15^d
CV = 24.13%	Average	1.12^A	1.08^A
^# WC	SF	3.86	13.16	8.51^c
	IF	6.16	14.56	10.36^ab
	SM	6.66	14.89	10.77^ab
	IM	10.43	18.41	14.42^a
	SR	7.27	15.45	11.36^ab
	IR	10.51	18.49	14.50^a
CV = 23.21%	Average	7.48^B	15.82^A

^a-cDifferent letters on the same column indicate significant differences, as measured by the Tukey test (P < 0.01). ^A-B Different letters on the same line indicate significant differences, as measured by the Tukey test (P < 0.01). ^# The analyzed variables did not exhibit interactions with each other (P ≥ 0.01). n = 32 transport journeys

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