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Table 6 Effect of the experimental diets on sensory evaluation parameters of commercial Cobb broilers

From: Productive performance and meat quality of commercial Cobb chicken fed diets containing different levels of prickly pear fruits (Opuntia ficus indica) peel

Item

Experimental diets

+ SE

R1

R2

R3

R4

Taste

7.35 c

8.25 b

8.80 b

9.95a

0.65*

Odor

7.65 b

8.30 a

8.80 a

8.95 a

0.16*

Colour

7.60 c

8.20 b

8.60 b

9.80 a

0.28*

Texture

8.20

8.25

8.70

8.95

0.41*

Overall acceptability (palatability)

7.70 c

8.25 b

8.68 b

9.41a

0.34*

  1. Point hedonic scale (1 = dislike extremely; 5 = neither like nor dislike; 9 = like extremely) According to Lopez-Ferrer et al. (1999)
  2. +, a, b, c, dMeans with different superscripts on the same row are different at (P < 0.05)
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