Table 6. Effects of TDN level of commercial concentrates on pH, TBARS, meat color, and myoglobin in longissimus muscle of Hanwoo steers during storage at 4°C

Items Storage (days) T1 T2 T3 T4 SEM Pr>F
pH 0 5.64 5.56 5.56 5.58 0.012 0.77
3 5.58 5.57 5.55 5.57 0.010 0.56
6 5.56 5.53 5.53 5.59 0.009 0.90
9 5.69 5.64 5.63 5.72 0.016 0.62
TBARS (mg MA/kg) 0 0.19 0.13 0.20 0.19 0.011 0.74
3 0.32 0.35 0.32 0.37 0.018 0.56
6 0.38 0.51 0.44 0.43 0.029 0.88
9 0.53 0.57 0.54 0.50 0.032 0.13
Lightness (L*) 0 37.94 38.05 37.11 37.57 0.479 0.98
3 33.34 32.49 31.78 33.26 0.464 0.26
6 31.09 30.42 29.50 30.80 0.373 0.70
9 30.38 29.60 28.91 30.15 0.430 0.44
Redness (a*) 0 27.18 25.85 26.42 25.31 0.376 0.50
3 22.65 22.39 22.21 22.54 0.344 0.62
6 18.30 18.43 17.72 20.35 0.346 0.29
9 11.23 12.34 12.52 12.69 0.469 0.38
Yellowness (b*) 0 14.93 14.12 14.28 14.13 0.199 0.90
3 12.18 11.81 11.30 12.20 0.231 0.35
6 9.37 9.25 8.51 10.22 0.215 0.71
9 6.56 7.07 6.62 7.40 0.276 0.16
DeoxyMb 0 16.42 16.68 16.47 16.01 0.168 0.81
3 7.62 8.71 8.31 8.45 0.399 0.42
6 10.67 11.36 10.56 10.63 0.190 0.17
9 9.44 9.44 8.68 9.99 0.210 0.83
OxyMb 0 81.14 81.43 80.80 81.00 0.241 0.15
3 77.64 75.01 72.73 75.38 0.755 0.66
6 67.91 65.14 67.74 67.92 0.905 0.42
9 45.77 39.72 41.19 46.94 1.764 0.59
MetMb 0 2.44 1.88 2.73 2.99 0.294 0.33
3 14.74 16.29 18.96 16.17 0.811 0.83
6 21.42 23.49 21.70 21.45 0.901 0.34
9 44.79 50.83 50.13 43.07 1.813 0.65
TDN, total digestible nutrients; TBARS, 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; DeoxyMb, deoxymyoglobin; OxyMb, oxymyoglobin; MetMb, metmyoglobin.