Table 2. pH, water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL) and thawing loss (TL) of chicken breast and thigh meat from conventional and animal welfare farm

Traits Breast Thigh
BCF BAW BCF BAW
pH 6.01±0.00a 5.95±0.01b 6.71±0.02a 6.46±0.01b
WHC (%) 57.53±1.64b 70.27±4.8a 64.1±0.45b 66.4±2.08a
CL (%) 27.01±1.98 23.9±3.37 31.13±1.38 28.49±1.33
TL (%) 5.80±1.03a 4.48±0.62b 2.62±1.07 1.39±0.23
Means within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).