Table 1 Color measurements and myoglobin % of longissimus lumborum muscle from goat finished on intensive feeding of alfalfa (ALF) or conventional feeding of commercial concentrate pellets (CCP) with low-energy common grasses

Color traits ALF CCP
Lightness (L*) 33.37±0.58 33.11±0.54
Redness (a*) 17.41±0.72 17.50±0.86
Yellowness (b*) 1.87±0.23 1.77±0.19
Myoglobin (mg/g) 7.34 ±0.25 6.93±0.59
Data are presented as least square mean±SE.