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

Table 5 Mean values of the PSE-like and the DFD-like incidence (%) throughout the turkey transportation period with (WiB) or without (WoB) water bath treatments immediately before leaving the farm. Birds were located in one of 6 different truck 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
^#PSE-like (%)	SF	12.0	7.0	9.0^a
	IF	9.0	6.0	7.0^ab
	SM	2.0	6.0	4.0^abc
	IM	1.0	1.0	1.0^c
	SR	5.0	2.0	4.0^bc
	IR	1.0	1.0	1.0^c
CV = 26.51%	Average	5.0^A	4.0^A
^$DFD-like (%)	SF	4.0^A,c	3.0^A,a	3.5
	IF	4.0^A,c	3.0^A,a	3.5
	SM	13.0^A,b	5.0^B,a	11.5
	IM	28.0^A,a	6.0^B,a	17.0
	SR	17.0^A,b	4.0^B,a	10.5
	IR	25.0^A,a	6.0^B,a	15.5
CV = 32.07%	Average	15.0	4.5

^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 exhibited interactions with each other (P < 0.01). ^#The analyzed variables did not exhibit interactions with each other (P ≥ 0.01). n = 1344 breast meat samples were shared into transport journeys

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