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Growth performance, carcass traits, and breast meat quality of slow-growing broiler strains reared in a free-range system: effects of genotype and sex at different slaughter ages.
Tropical animal health and production - 8 Sept 2026
Lacerda Marcela Batista, Valentim Jean Kaique, de Almeida Torres Filho Rodolpho, de Araújo Cláudio Vieira, Silva Raiane Azeredo, Romanelli Eugênia Viana, Boari Cleube Andrade, de Almeida Alexander Alexandre, Pinheiro Sandra Regina Freitas
Abstract excerpt
This study evaluated the effects of strain and sex on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of slow-growing broilers reared in a semi-intensive free-range system at different slaughter ages. A total of 864 one-day-old chicks from four commercial slow-growing strains (Pescoço Pelado Hubbard, Pescoço Pelado Sasso, Pesadão Hubbard, and Pesadão Sasso) were assigned to a completely randomized...
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- Animals
- Male
- Female
- Meat
- Chickens