Table 6.
Changes in pH, color, Water holding capacity (WHC), and shear force of broilers as a function of the time of feed withdrawal (n=10)

	Withdrawal time (hours)					SEM	P-value
	2	3	4	5	6	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
pH	5.92	5.98	5.98	5.9	5.93	0.01	0.28	0.55	0.25
Color
L^*	50.47	49.8	51.34	51.98	49.31	0.44	0.30	0.96	0.18
a^*	2.72	2.72	2.93	3.45	2.86	0.12	0.29	0.23	0.39
b^*	6.96	6.31	7.31	8.03	7.25	0.28	0.43	0.25	0.82
WHC (%)	60.97	61.51	60.75	59.79	61.96	0.25	0.07	0.88	0.13
Shear force (N)	16.66^c	22.64^bc	22.44^bc	28.42^b	38.22^a	1.57	<0.01	<0.001	0.20

Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).