Table 2. Effect of carcass chilling method on the internal temperature of carcass from pig

Trait Carcass chilling method2) SEM1)
T1 T2 T3 T4
Loin (°C) 1.45c 1.98bc 8.12a 2.24b 0.39
Hind leg (°C) 2.33c 3.50b 9.28a 2.90bc 0.41
Means in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).
SEM: standard error of the means.
T1: –15°C, 40 min → –2°C, 15 h 50 min; T2: –25°C, 1 h 30 min → –2°C, 15 h; T3: 4°C, 16 h 30 min; T4: –2°C, 16 h 30 min.