Table 5. Change in color of deer meat during storage at 4°C for various durations

Storage period		Treatments¹

		T1	T2	T3	T4
L*	2 d	33.41 ± 1.15	31.54 ± 3.14	30.80 ± 2.54	32.21 ± 0.34
	7 d	34.49 ± 2.24	31.91 ± 3.21	31.88 ± 3.73	32.72 ± 0.63
	11 d	35.39 ± 1.62	32.52 ± 3.16	32.14 ± 2.49	34.57 ± 0.14
	15 d	35.25 ± 1.63	32.50 ± 4.15	32.59 ± 2.78	33.99 ± 0.69
	18 d	34.44 ± 1.76	31.68 ± 3.63	32.31 ± 2.86	34.40 ± 1.31
	21 d	33.05 ± 3.35	30.26 ± 3.29	32.31 ± 3.00	33.42 ± 1.64
a*	2 d	16.81 ± 1.44^B	13.75 ± 3.23	14.01 ± 2.46	15.04 ± 0.80^C
	7 d	18.02 ± 1.67^AB	14.67 ± 4.24	15.17 ± 4.01	17.10 ± 0.71^B
	11 d	18.03 ± 1.80^AB	14.56 ± 3.17	15.78 ± 4.00	19.76 ± 0.42^A
	15 d	20.05 ± 0.86^A	17.39 ± 3.01	17.34 ± 4.51	19.01 ± 0.87^AB
	18 d	20.70 ± 0.54^A	15.58 ± 3.86	16.99 ± 2.14	18.66 ± 0.72^AB
	21 d	19.05 ± 1.51^AB	14.96 ± 2.22	18.57 ± 5.43	18.25 ± 1.95^AB
b*	2 d	6.33 ± 0.84^B	4.54 ± 1.48	4.93 ± 1.23	5.64 ± 0.53^B
	7 d	7.26 ± 1.71^AB	5.45 ± 2.73	5.68 ± 2.23	6.85 ± 0.65^AB
	11 d	7.23 ± 1.01^AB	4.94 ± 1.91	5.82 ± 2.54	8.45 ± 0.17^A
	15 d	8.53 ± 0.75^A	6.69 ± 2.47	7.03 ± 2.92	8.15 ± 0.46^A
	18 d	9.20 ± 0.39^A	5.96 ± 2.40	7.08 ± 1.19	7.56 ± 0.89^A
	21 d	8.55 ± 1.01^A	6.27 ± 1.07	7.97 ± 3.22	8.03 ± 2.06^A