Table 3. Effect of feeding alfalfa and concentrates on pH and meat color of Korean native black goat loin during the cold storage

Traits Treatment Storage (days) SEM
1 5 10 15
pH KHA 6.00Ab 6.17Aa 6.23Aa 6.28Aa 0.040
KLA 5.92Ac 6.10Ab 6.19Aab 6.27Aa 0.027
SEM 0.030 0.027 0.036 0.041
CIE L* KHA 41.41Aa 38.42Ab 37.56Bb 37.98Ab 0.663
KLA 40.81Aa 38.79Ab 38.88Ab 38.07Ab 0.289
SEM 0.647 0.459 0.307 0.568
CIE a* KHA 24.61Aa 19.55Ab 15.23Ac 14.04Ac 0.772
KLA 25.01Aa 18.75Ab 16.53Ac 15.17Ac 0.478
SEM 0.395 0.807 0.646 0.651
CIE b* KHA 14.17Aa 11.37Ab 10.05Abc 9.73Ac 0.336
KLA 13.94Aa 10.88Ab 10.26Ac 10.09Ac 0.152
SEM 0.224 0.326 0.226 0.254
Means within a column with different superscript differ significantly at p<0.05.
Means within a row with different superscript differ significantly at p<0.05.
KHA, KNBG fed high alfalfa (alfalfa: concentrate=8:2); KLA, KNBG fed low alfalfa (alfalfa: concentrate=2:8); KNBG, Korean native black goats.