Table 2. Proximate composition (%) of chicken thigh meat from conventional and animal welfare farm during cold storage
Items | Treatment | Storage (d) | SEM |
1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Moisture | CT | 75.09 | 75.83 | 74.92 | 75.80 | 75.29 | 0.538 |
WT | 75.99 | 75.88 | 74.84 | 74.73 | 75.49 | 0.393 |
SEM | 0.526 | 0.616 | 0.271 | 0.293 | 0.544 | |
Crude protein | CT | 18.92 | 18.40 | 18.40 | 17.87 | 18.97 | 0.338 |
WT | 18.94 | 19.31 | 19.42 | 18.23 | 18.59 | 0.385 |
SEM | 0.372 | 0.405 | 0.391 | 0.270 | 0.358 | |
Crude fat | CT | 6.56 | 6.53 | 6.26 | 6.21 | 6.30 | 0.371 |
WT | 6.31 | 6.19 | 6.40 | 6.32 | 6.55 | 0.330 |
SEM | 0.319 | 0.345 | 0.387 | 0.398 | 0.294 | |
Crude ash | CT | 1.72 | 1.72 | 1.70 | 1.67 | 1.71 | 0.045 |
WT | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.72 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 0.043 |
SEM | 0.046 | 0.036 | 0.054 | 0.038 | 0.043 | |
CT, chicken thigh meat from conventional farm; WT, chicken thigh meat from animal welfare farm.