Meat quality characteristics of sexed broiler chickens reared on deep litter and deep litter with a run housing types

Autor: Sogunle, O. M., Akinosi, O. K., Adeyemi, O. A., Olaniyi, O. A., Sobayo, R. A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nigerian Journal of Animal Science; Vol 18, No 2 (2016); 560-571
ISSN: 1119-4308
Popis: This study determined meat quality characteristics of 300 sexed Arbor Acre broiler chickens reared on deep-litter and deep-litter with a run housing systems. After brooding for 2 weeks, a total of 75 male and female chicks, respectively were confined on deep litter and on deep litter with a run having three replications of 25 birds each. At the eighth week, two broiler chickens similar to the average weight from each replicate were slaughtered, dressed and the meat quality characteristics. The experiment was arranged in a 2×2 factorial layout and data obtained were subjected to completely randomized design. Female broiler chicken had higher percentage composition of dry matter while the male broiler chicken had higher percentage composition of fat and ash contents. In the sensory analysis, significant (p
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