The Effect of Long-Term Frozen Storage on the Quality of Meat (Longissimus thoracis et Lumborum) from Female Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus L.)

Table 3

Color parameters of meat (Longissimus thoracis et lumborum) from female roe deer before and after frozen storage (arithmetic mean ± SD).

Parameter	Frozen storage time (months)
	0 ()	6 ()	10 ()	12 ()
	32.98 ± 1.30^Aa	31.83 ± 0.92^b	31.23 ± 0.96^B	31.39 ± 1.02^B
	15.17 ± 1.01	14.59 ± 0.98	14.04 ± 1.21	14.23 ± 1.50
	11.20 ± 0.96	11.11 ± 0.56	11.05 ± 0.76	11.11 ± 0.82
	18.86 ± 1.32	18.35 ± 1.04	17.88 ± 1.31	18.06 ± 1.62
	36.43 ± 1.56^a	37.33 ± 1.39^ab	38.26 ± 1.90^b	38.06 ± 1.82^b

^A,BValues within a row with different superscript letters are significantly different at . ^a,bValues within a row with different superscript lowercase letters are significantly different at .