This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of leucine (Leu) supplementation on performance and carcass traits broilers along with re-evaluation standardized ileal digestible (SID) Leu requirement broiler chicks days 0-14. Birds were fed seven experimental diets SID levels 16.3 (basal), 17.3, 18.3, 19.3, 20.3, 21.3, 22.3 g/kg. Some 280 male randomly assigned dietary treatments in a...

BACKGROUND Studies on prevalence of pale, soft, exudative (PSE) condition in Sri Lankan poultry industry is minimal. Hence, the objective of present study was to determine the incidence of PSE chicken meat in a commercial meat processing plant and to find out its consequences on meat quality traits of roasted chicken breast. METHOD A total of 60 breast fillets were randomly selected, evaluate...

Up to 80% of breast, bowel and prostate cancers are attributed to dietary practices, and international comparisons show strong positive associations with meat consumption. Estimates of relative risk obtained from cohort investigations are in the same direction, although generally weak, and red and processed meats rather than white meat seem to be associated with elevated risk of colon cancer. I...

This study aimed to produce omega-3-emriched broiler meat by using ultrasonicated flaxseed oil nanoemulsions coated with whey protein-sodium alginate. Three hundred 1-d-old (Ross, 308) male broiler chicks were allocated randomly to 5 experimental treatments with 4 replicate pens. Experimental treatments included basal diet (BD), basal diet plus flaxseed oil (BD+FO, 1 mL/kg/BW), basal diet plus ...

The effects on meat quality resulting from alternative dietary protein sources (Spirulina and Hermetia meal) in poultry diets are studied to determine the overall suitability of these ingredients considering state-of-the-art packaging practices-highly oxygenated modified atmosphere packaging (HiOx MAP). We monitored standard slaughterhouse parameters, such as live weight, carcass weight, dresse...

Meat quality is an important feature for the poultry industry and is associated with consumer satisfaction. The calpain 1 (CAPN1) gene is related to the tenderness process of meat post- mortem, and the calpain 3 (CAPN3) gene plays an important role in myofibrillar organization and growth. The objective of the present study was to identify polymorphisms in these genes and to determine the associ...

Effects of the combination of aerobic and anaerobic packaging on color, lipid oxidation, and volatile production were determined to establish a modified packaging method to control quality changes in irradiated raw turkey meat. Lipid oxidation was the major problem with aerobically packaged irradiated turkey breast, while retaining characteristic irradiation off-odor volatiles such as dimethyl ...

Effects of diet and feed withdrawal times on the sensory profile and shear values of broiler breast meat were determined. Feeds were formulated with 3 dietary carbohydrate sources (corn, milo, and wheat). Birds (n = 192) were processed between 42 and 52 d of age. Feed was withdrawn for 0 or 8 h prior to pilot plant processing under simulated commercial conditions. Pectoralis major muscles were ...

Current research was conducted to estimate heritability and genetic correlations for carcass composition and fat deposition in Japanese quail at 42 and 91 d of age. Studied traits were BW at 42 and 91 d of age (BW42, BW91), carcass weight and percentage, breast meat weight and percentage, thigh weight and percentage, abdominal fat weight and abdominal fat percentage (AFP), skin weight and skin ...