Effect of vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids early posthatch supplementation on reducing the severity of wooden breast myopathy in broilers

The wooden breast (WB) myopathy is identified by the palpation of a rigid pectoralis major (P. major) muscle and is characterized as a fibrotic, necrotic P. major muscle disorder in broilers resulting in reduced breast meat quality. Breast muscle affected with WB is under severe oxidative stress and...

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Main Authors: Ji Wang, Daniel L. Clark, Sheila K. Jacobi, Sandra G. Velleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120300055