| TNF | High | Low | Levels of significance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSAF | Large | Middle | Small | Large | Middle | Small | |||
| Group | HL(n=9) | HM(n=33) | HS(n=64) | LL(n=39) | LM(n=61) | LS(n=33) | TNF | CSAF | TNF×CSAF |
| Postmortem metabolic traits | |||||||||
| pH45 min | 6.16a(0.08)A | 6.01b(0.05) | 6.09ab(0.03) | 5.91c(0.04) | 6.10ab(0.03) | 6.16a(0.04) | NS | NS | ** |
| pH24 h | 5.56(0.04) | 5.53(0.02) | 5.53(0.02) | 5.58(0.02) | 5.55(0.02) | 5.55(0.03) | NS | NS | NS |
| Drip loss (%) | 4.96(0.73) | 5.40(0.40) | 5.47(0.30) | 5.24(0.39) | 4.60(0.32) | 5.95(0.41) | NS | NS | NS |
| FFU (mg) | 68.99(13.05) | 59.79(6.90) | 55.12(4.90) | 60.63(6.58) | 47.49(5.21) | 60.78(6.93) | NS | NS | NS |
| 49.41(0.76) | 48.16(0.41) | 48.06(0.30) | 47.79(0.39) | 47.64(0.31) | 48.60(0.41) | NS | NS | NS | |
| 6.46abc(0.42) | 6.33bc(0.22) | 6.24bc(0.16) | 6.71ab(0.21) | 6.91a(0.17) | 5.77c(0.22) | NS | ** | * | |
| 2.77(0.36) | 3.42(0.19) | 3.52(0.13) | 3.28(0.18) | 3.41(0.14) | 3.15(0.19) | NS | NS | NS? | |
| Protein Solubility (mg/g) | |||||||||
| Sarcoplasmic protein | 66.17ab(2.22) | 67.89ab(1.19) | 65.72b(0.84) | 70.43a(1.12) | 68.45a(0.91) | 64.87b(1.18) | NS | * | NS |
| Myofibrillar protein | 164.29a(7.41) | 132.56b(3.97) | 121.15c(2.78) | 133.50b(3.74) | 128.63bc(3.02) | 123.93bc(3.93) | * | *** | ** |
| Total protein | 237.04a(10.32) | 201.28b(4.89) | 187.70c(3.43) | 200.92b(4.61) | 197.82b(3.72) | 189.21bc(4.84) | ** | *** | ** |