Table 1. pH and proximate composition of chicken breast of broilers slaughtered without pre-stunning or with gas stunning
Parameters | Slaughter without pre-stunning (Halal) | Slaughter with gas stunning |
CO2 | N2 |
pH | 6.03±0.09b | 6.14±0.08a | 6.08±0.08ab |
Proximate composition | | | |
Moisture content (%) | 75.45±0.45 | 75.19±0.46 | 75.37±0.37 |
Protein content (%) | 22.96±0.30 | 23.21±0.41 | 23.10±0.53 |
Fat content (%) | 1.35±0.28 | 1.18±0.14 | 1.30±0.31 |
Ash content (%) | 1.05±0.08 | 1.01±0.04 | 1.01±0.04 |
Collagen content (%) | 1.24±0.20 | 1.09±0.24 | 1.23±0.27 |
Means in same rows with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).