Table 2 Intra-line effects of white striping on breast pectoralis major muscle traits expressed as LSMeans ± Standard error

L*

920

45.2 ± 0.3^b

45.9 ± 0.2^ab

46.4 ± 0.3^a

52.3 ± 0.2^b

53.5 ± 0.2^a

52.4 ± 0.7^ab

a*

903

−0.21 ± 0.04

−0.18 ± 0.04

−0.24 ± 0.05

0.12 ± 0.03

−0.03 ± 0.04

−0.12 ± 0.13

b*

921

10.2 ± 0.09

10.4 ± 0.08

10.5 ± 0.11

12.1 ± 0.07

12.3 ± 0.09

12.1 ± 0.28

pH15

595

6.73 ± 0.008

6.73 ± 0.008

6.75 ± 0.009

6.67 ± 0.006

6.68 ± 0.008

6.67 ± 0.025

pHu

1,344

6.11 ± 0.008

6.13 ± 0.007

6.13 ± 0.01

5.66 ± 0.006^b

5.69 ± 0.009^a

5.72 ± 0.02^ab

DL (%)

1,273

1.8 ± 0.08^b

2.2 ± 0.08^ab

2.3 ± 0.10^a

4.0 ± 0.06

4.1 ± 0.09

4.1 ± 0.25

CL (%)

593

8.6 ± 0.20^b

9.2 ± 0.18^ab

9.5 ± 0.22^a

10.6 ± 0.15

11.0 ± 0.18

11.8 ± 0.57

CCY (%)

556

86.0 ± 0.40

86.3 ± 0.36

86.2 ± 0.43

84.1 ± 0.31

82.9 ± 0.37

82.2 ± 1.16

SF (N/cm²)

594

11.3 ± 0.25

11.2 ± 0.23

11.0 ± 0.27

16.2 ± 0.19

15.8 ± 0.23

15.9 ± 0.72

IMF (%)

597

1.3 ± 0.03^c

1.4 ± 0.03^b

1.7 ± 0.04^a

1.3 ± 0.03^b

1.6 ± 0.03^a

1.8 ± 0.10^a

TBARS

592

0.27 ± 0.04

0.31 ± 0.03

0.35 ± 0.04

0.53 ± 0.03

0.47 ± 0.03

0.42 ± 0.10