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).