Table 1. Color changes in pork from pigs fed diets containing palm kernel meal

Level of palm kernel meal (%) Storage (d) SEM1)

0 3 7
L*-value
0 55.00ay 55.53ay 57.98ax 0.379
4 51.66b 52.14b 52.62b 0.858
8 50.84b 52.11b 53.45b 0.856
12 51.30b 51.56b 52.72b 0.994
SEM2) 0.675 0.557 1.089
a*-value
0 6.40b 7.43b 8.30 0.345
4 6.29by 7.44bxy 8.23x 0.427
8 7.56ab 9.11a 8.19 0.843
12 9.68a 9.03a 8.71 0.319
SEM 0.844 0.454 0.372
b*-value
0 17.26 17.07 18.02 0.459
4 16.55 17.09 17.49 0.295
8 16.72 16.91 17.80 0.334
12 16.91 16.98 17.68 0.318
SEM 0.411 0.223 0.407