Table 4. Effect of stocking density on breast meat color, WHC, cooking loss, and pH of Korean Native chickens (0 to 70 d)1

Items Stock density (birds/m2) SEM
14 15 16 18 22
Meat color
CIE L* 57.65 56.63 56.76 56.06 56.99 0.481
CIE a* 4.36 4.14 4.36 4.35 4.56 0.324
CIE b* 12.06 11.70 11.72 11.15 10.60 0.439
Water holding capacity (%) 48.21 50.06 55.18 52.24 52.87 1.832
Cooking loss (%) 21.94 23.10 23.73 22.29 22.94 1.043
Data are least square means of 6 replicate per treatment.