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.