For physicochemical properties of the breast meat, one bird per pen (
n=16) from each treatment was killed by cervical dislocation after collection of blood sample. Immediately after the birds were killed, organs such as the gizzard, breast meat, bursa of Fabricius, liver, spleen, and abdominal fat were removed by trained personnel and weighed. The weight of collected organs was expressed as a percentage of body weight. The Hunter CIE lightness (L*), redness (a*), and yellowness (b*) values for breast muscle were determined using a
Minolta CR410 chromameter (Konica Minolta Sensing Inc., Osaka, Japan), while duplicate pH values for breast muscle in each sample were measured using a
pH meter (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, USA). The water-holding capacity (WHC) was analyzed according to the method described by Kauffman
et al. (1986) (
link). Drip loss was measured using approximately 2 g of meat sample, following the plastic bag method described by Honikel (1998) (
link).
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