Breast meat quality of chickens with divergent growth rates and its relation to growth curve parameters

The effects of the increase of body weight of contemporary broilers during growth on functional meat quality and color characteristics of the chicken breast muscle are controversially debated. Therefore, male chickens (<i>n</i> = 264) of a fast-growing commercial broiler (Ross 308) an...

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Main Authors: P. C. Muth, A. Valle Zárate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Archives Animal Breeding
Online Access:https://www.arch-anim-breed.net/60/427/2017/aab-60-427-2017.pdf