Table 2. Comparison of meat quality characteristics of black goat meat according to sex during the storage period

Items		Treatment	Storage (days)			SEM
Items		Treatment	1	5	8	SEM
Color	CIE L*	Non-castration	39.90^ay	41.16^by	43.42^ax	0.43
		Castration	32.52^cz	45.08^ax	34.65^cy	0.37
		Female	36.28^by	37.54^cx	37.04^bxy	0.32
		SEM	0.41	0.28	0.39
	CIE a*	Non-castration	18.77	19.64^c	19.92^a	0.90
		Castration	15.72^z	21.33^bx	17.31^by	0.49
		Female	17.96^z	23.21^ax	19.36^ay	0.32
		SEM	0.83	0.49	0.45
	CIE b*	Non-castration	6.96^y	9.57^bx	10.14^ax	0.66
		Castration	4.84^y	11.67^ax	5.67^cy	0.29
		Female	6.54^z	11.03^ax	8.81^by	0.37
		SEM	0.60	0.43	0.26
pH		Non-castration	6.01^ax	5.71^bz	5.83^by	0.01
		Castration	6.03^ay	5.86^az	6.10^ax	0.01
		Female	5.78^bx	5.46^cy	5.77^cx	0.01
		SEM	0.02	0.11	0.01
TBARS (mg MDA/kg)		Non-castration	0.28^az	0.68^ay	1.11^ax	0.04
		Castration	0.25^bz	0.44^by	0.77^bx	0.03
		Female	0.24^bz	0.59^ay	0.67^cx	0.02
		SEM	0.01	0.03	0.03

Different letters within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).
Different letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).
TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; MDA, malondialdehyde.