Production yield analysis in the poultry processing industry

Autor: Anthony Capelle, Johannes Tramper, Derk Somsen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of Food Engineering, 65(4), 479-487
Journal of Food Engineering 65 (2004) 4
ISSN: 0260-8774
Popis: The paper outlines a case study where the PYA-method (production yield analysis) was implemented at a poultry-slaughtering line, processing 9000 broiler chicks per hour. It was shown that the average live weight of a flock of broilers could be used to predict the maximum production yield of the parts (fillet, legs, wings, etc.). For all parts a strong linear relationship for the weight of the parts with the average live weight (LW) was found. Significant differences (P less than or equal to 0.05) between the strains Ross 308 and 508 were observed. Ross 308 showed significant higher yields for feet, guts and lungs, heart (LW 1907.4 g), skeleton frame of the breast, saddle and legs. Ross 508 showed significant higher yields for chilled carcass, heart (LW > 1626.2 g), tail (LW
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