Table 4.
Meat quality parameters of broilers fed diet with different NaCl regimens for 35 days

Item	CON¹	1~35 d		1~28 d²		SEM	P-value
Item	CON¹	0.45 (%)	0.55 (%)	0.45 (%)	0.55 (%)	SEM	P-value
WHC (%)	78.83^ab	81.22^bc	78.22^a	78.49^a	82.21^C	0.257	0.002
CL (%)	27.08	27.55	26.82	27.12	30.48	0.459	0.145
pH	5.86	5.84	5.89	5.92	6.04	0.039	0.537
L*	62.57^a	67.74^b	62.51^a	66.49^b	66.93^B	0.305	0.001
a*	15.00^b	12.03^ab	12.22^ab	11.26^a	11.83^A	0.658	0.019
b*	14.02	15.09	16.80	15.10	15.93	0.520	0.581

Control diet with 0.35% level of NaCl.
Feeding a specific diet for 28 days and then feeding a CON diet from day 29 to day 35. SEM, standard error of mean; WHC, water holding capacity; CL, cooking loss; L*, lightness of the meat; a*, redness; b*, yellowness.