Table 3. Main and interaction effects of electrical stimulation and different suspension methods meat color CIE L*, a*, and b* of longissimus lumborum of young buffalo bulls at different postmortem times
Postmortem days | Main effect | Interaction effect |
Stimulation method | Suspension method | ES | NS |
ES | NS | AS | HS | AS | HS | AS | HS |
L* | | | | | | | | |
Day 2 | 47.30±0.13 | 47.18±0.14 | 47.28±0.13 | 47.22±0.14 | 47.42±0.21 | 47.24±0.17 | 47.15±0.17 | 47.20±0.23 |
Day 3 | 46.58±0.19 | 46.37±0.23 | 46.42±0.18 | 46.53±0.23 | 46.55±0.29 | 46.62±0.25 | 46.30±0.23 | 46.45±0.40 |
Day 4 | 45.82±0.15 | 45.77±0.16 | 45.81±0.15 | 45.79±0.17 | 45.75±0.21 | 45.90±0.23 | 45.86±0.22 | 45.67±0.25 |
Day 5 | 45.46±0.08 | 45.06±0.14 | 45.25±0.13 | 45.28±0.11 | 45.39±0.10 | 45.53±0.11 | 45.11±0.23 | 45.02±0.17 |
Day 6 | 44.70±0.17 | 44.59±0.15 | 44.66±0.16 | 44.65±0.16 | 44.69±0.26 | 44.74±0.23 | 44.62±0.21 | 44.56±0.22 |
Day 7 | 43.70±0.16 | 43.48±0.18 | 43.63±0.16 | 43.59±0.18 | 43.84±0.18 | 43.64±0.26 | 43.42±0.25 | 43.55±0.26 |
a* | | | | | | | | |
Day 2 | 15.89±0.05 | 15.76±0.04 | 15.84±0.05 | 15.81±0.05 | 15.92±0.07 | 15.86±0.08 | 15.76±0.06 | 15.76±0.07 |
Day 3 | 14.83±0.07 | 14.82±0.05 | 14.79±0.06 | 14.86±0.07 | 14.76±0.05 | 14.91±0.13 | 14.82±0.10 | 14.81±0.05 |
Day 4 | 13.67±0.04 | 13.74±0.05 | 13.71±0.03 | 13.71±0.05 | 13.71±0.04 | 13.63±0.06 | 13.70±0.05 | 13.78±0.09 |
Day 5 | 13.19±0.06 | 13.28±0.07 | 13.22±0.05 | 13.24±0.08 | 13.13±0.04 | 13.24±0.11 | 13.31±0.09 | 13.24±0.11 |
Day 6 | 12.64±0.05 | 12.74±0.03 | 12.67±0.05 | 12.72±0.03 | 12.60±0.08 | 12.67±0.05 | 12.73±0.04 | 12.76±0.05 |
Day 7 | 11.33±0.14 | 11.34±0.09 | 11.32±0.11 | 11.35±0.13 | 11.25±0.18 | 11.41±0.22 | 11.38±0.12 | 11.29±0.13 |
b* | | | | | | | | |
Day 2 | 6.90±0.12 | 6.68±0.12 | 6.79±0.13 | 6.79±0.11 | 6.92±0.16 | 6.88±0.18 | 6.65±0.20 | 6.71±0.13 |
Day 3 | 6.44±0.02 | 6.40±0.07 | 6.42±0.06 | 6.42±0.04 | 6.49±0.04 | 6.40±0.03 | 6.34±0.12 | 6.45±0.08 |
Day 4 | 6.28±0.02 | 6.36±0.04 | 6.29±0.04 | 6.35±0.03 | 6.25±0.03 | 6.32±0.03 | 6.33±0.06 | 6.39±0.06 |
Day 5 | 5.74±0.10 | 5.58±0.10 | 5.66±0.10 | 5.56±0.10 | 5.76±0.14 | 5.73±0.16 | 5.56±0.14 | 5.60±0.14 |
Day 6 | 4.81±0.02 | 4.80±0.04 | 4.84±0.03 | 4.77±0.03 | 4.85±0.03 | 4.76±0.03 | 4.82±0.06 | 4.77±0.05 |
Day 7 | 4.15±0.05 | 4.19±0.09 | 4.21±0.07 | 4.13±0.07 | 4.14±0.07 | 4.16±0.06 | 4.28±0.12 | 4.10±0.13 |
Values are expressed as means±SE.
ES, electrically stimulated; NS, non-stimulated; AS, achilles suspension; HS, hip suspension.