Article
Early and 24 h post-mortem changes in breast muscle quality traits of two turkey genotypes and their reciprocal crosses raised under semi-confined conditions.
British poultry science - 1 Jan 2016
Damaziak K, Pietrzak D, Michalczuk M, Adamczak L, Chmiel M, Florowski T, Gozdowski D, Niemiec J
Abstract excerpt
An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of reciprocal crossing of turkeys on early and 24 h post-mortem changes in quality traits of their breast muscles. The turkeys of slow-growing (SG) and fast-growing (FG) lines as well as SF (SG × FG) and FS crosses (FG × SG) were reared with access to free range. After slaughter turkey breast muscles were examined in the following terms: 5 min, 45 min, 2 h and...
Topics
- Animal Husbandry
- Animals
- Female
- Genotype
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Male
- Meat
- Pectoralis Muscles
- Time Factors
- Turkeys