2.4. Meat quality
2.4.1. Color measurements
Color measurements in the CIELAB space (Lightness, L*; redness, a* and yellowness, b*; CIE, 1976) were measured at 24 h post-mortem using a Minolta Chromameter (Minolta CR-300, Osaka, Japan). Carcass color was determined on the surface of the right longissimus muscle at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra ( Pla, Hernández, & Blasco, 1995). Meat color was measured in the transversal section of the longissimus muscle at the level of the 7th lumbar vertebra.