Table 2 Meat color parameters of longissimus lumborum muscle in goats subjected to NS and HOES slaughtering conditions

Variables Non-stunning (NS) Head-only electrical stunning (HOES)
Lightness (L*) 36.05±2.16 32.46±2.69
Redness (a*) 16.37±3.39 15.58± 3.25
Yellowness (b*) 10.44±3.92 11.87±0.47
Chroma (C) 19.41±3.31 19.59±2.84
Hue (h°) 32.53±1.43 37.30±1.68
Data is mean±SD.