Table 4. Effects of dietary Acremonium terricola culture supplementation on conventional meat characteristics of Hortobágy geese (%)

Characteristic Muscle Sex Control Low dose Moderate dose High dose SEM p-value
ANOVA Linear Quadratic
Moisture content Pectoralis major 76.03 ± 1.98 74.34 ± 1.90 74.28 ± 0.76 75.03 ± 0.63 0.340 0.237 0.063 0.425
74.35 ± 0.94 74.91 ± 0.75 75.16 ± 1.79 74.55 ± 2.05 0.314 0.823 0.448 0.736
♂ + ♀ 75.19 ± 1.71 74.63 ± 1.39 74.72 ± 1.38 74.79 ± 1.45 0.229 0.843 0.411 0.748
Thigh 75.91 ± 2.16 74.73 ± 2.11 75.63 ± 2.27 76.00 ± 1.97 0.484 0.325 0.076 0.837
75.00 ± 1.54 74.96 ± 1.87 75.20 ± 1.61 76.12 ± 1.74 0.364 0.678 0.759 0.385
♂ + ♀ 76.15 ± 2.13 74.85 ± 1.89 75.41 ± 1.87 76.06 ± 1.75 0.303 0.398 0.101 0.695
Crude ash Pectoralis major 1.63 ± 0.24b 1.64 ± 0.18 1.91 ± 0.19a 1.86 ± 0.21 0.051 0.092 0.817 0.014
1.79 ± 0.21 1.80 ± 0.19 1.72 ± 0.21 1.53 ± 0.38 0.059 0.347 0.660 0.158
♂ + ♀ 1.71 ± 0.23 1.72 ± 0.19 1.81 ± 0.21 1.70 ± 0.34 0.039 0.719 0.644 0.629
Thigh 1.25 ± 0.10B 1.54 ± 0.23A 1.26 ± 0.04B 1.27 ± 0.06B 0.038 0.007 0.005 0.036
1.35 ± 0.09 1.26 ± 0.08 1.29 ± 0.11 1.28 ± 0.13 0.023 0.600 0.232 0.705
♂ + ♀ 1.30 ± 0.10 1.40 ± 0.22a 1.27 ± 0.08b 1.28 ± 0.10 0.022 0.149 0.143 0.089
Crude protein Pectoralis major 20.40 ± 0.90 21.14 ± 0.29 20.76 ± 0.86 20.39 ± 0.88 0.175 0.399 0.116 0.585
21.10 ± 0.61b 21.30 ± 0.75ab 21.03 ± 0.43b 22.40 ± 1.30a 0.214 0.066 0.649 0.189
♂ + ♀ 20.75 ± 0.81 21.22 ± 0.54 20.89 ± 0.66 21.39 ± 1.49 0.150 0.421 0.504 0.599
Thigh 21.49 ± 0.69 21.99 ± 0.21 21.75 ± 0.89 20.99 ± 1.20 0.191 0.298 0.192 0.336
22.41 ± 1.04a 21.76 ± 1.17ab 21.90 ± 0.74ab 20.96 ± 1.03b 0.239 0.193 0.622 0.165
♂ + ♀ 21.95 ± 0.97a 21.88 ± 0.80a 21.83 ± 0.78a 20.98 ± 1.06b 0.152 0.072 0.629 0.082
Crude fat Pectoralis major 1.58 ± 0.29 1.82 ± 0.39 1.73 ± 0.42 1.84 ± 0.13 0.071 0.586 0.361 0.565
1.78 ± 0.33Bb 1.74 ± 0.32Bb 1.92 ± 0.31ABb 2.42 ± 0.29Aa 0.089 0.013 0.351 0.010
♂ + ♀ 1.68 ± 0.31Bb 1.78 ± 0.34ABb 1.83 ± 0.36ABab 2.13 ± 0.37Aa 0.059 0.039 0.989 0.031
Thigh 2.37 ± 0.39a 2.40 ± 0.29a 2.65 ± 0.43a 2.10 ± 0.10b 0.081 0.115 0.352 0.952
2.39 ± 0.34 2.78 ± 0.29 2.42 ± 0.32 2.74 ± 0.29 0.076 0.120 0.185 0.960
♂ + ♀ 2.38 ± 0.35 2.59 ± 0.34 2.53 ± 0.38 2.42 ± 0.40 0.057 0.550 0.158 0.945
Control, low dose, moderate dose and high dose represent Hortobágy geese supplemented with 0 g, 3 g, 5 g, and 7 g Acremonium terricola culture per kg of the basal diet, respectively.
The average n values for ♂ (males), ♀ (females), and ♂ + ♀ (both sexes) were 12, 12, and 24, respectively.
Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).
Means within a row with different superscripts differ extremely significantly (p < 0.01).