Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants
The aim of the present research has been to determine the effect of replacing a part of commercial compound feed with whole triticale grain on the body weight (BW), body measurements, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass composition and meat quality of pheasants. The study involved 80 one-d-old comm...
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| author | Dariusz Kokoszyński Marek Kotowicz Dariusz Piwczyński Zenon Bernacki Zbigniew Podkówka Piotr Dorszewski Małgorzata Grabowicz Mohamed Saleh |
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| description | The aim of the present research has been to determine the effect of replacing a part of commercial compound feed with whole triticale grain on the body weight (BW), body measurements, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass composition and meat quality of pheasants. The study involved 80 one-d-old common pheasants. From 71 to 112 d of rearing, two diets were administered: a complete commercial diet ad libitum for control pheasants and restricted amounts of a commercial diet (50%) and whole triticale grain (50%) for experimental pheasants. Each treatment consisted of 4 replications, 10 birds each. Introducing whole triticale grain did not cause significant changes in BW, body measurements, feed intake and FCR. The carcasses of 112-d-old pheasants fed whole triticale grain diet showed a significantly lower breast muscle content (%) and a significantly higher content of skin with subcutaneous fat and carcass remainders (p < .05). Breast muscles of pheasants fed commercial compound feed and whole triticale grain exhibited significantly higher hardness, chewiness and gumminess, more palmitic acid and zinc, as well as significantly less sodium, water, linoleic acid, paullinic acid, heptadeconoic acid. There were also significant changes in water and protein, the content of fatty acids in leg muscles, except for myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, arachidonic acid and nervonic acid. Irrespective of the type of diet, males showed a significantly higher body weight, body measurements and carcass weight, and their breast muscles demonstrated significantly higher WB shear force and the amounts of protein, linoleic acid, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acb99b348f3c41bdb4b7d414200677f22022-12-21T20:26:07ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1828-051X2018-10-011741083109310.1080/1828051X.2018.14430281443028Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasantsDariusz Kokoszyński0Marek Kotowicz1Dariusz Piwczyński2Zenon Bernacki3Zbigniew Podkówka4Piotr Dorszewski5Małgorzata Grabowicz6Mohamed Saleh7UTP University of Science and TechnologyWest Pomeranian University of TechnologyUTP University of Science and TechnologyUTP University of Science and TechnologyUTP University of Science and TechnologyUTP University of Science and TechnologyUTP University of Science and TechnologySohag UniversityThe aim of the present research has been to determine the effect of replacing a part of commercial compound feed with whole triticale grain on the body weight (BW), body measurements, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass composition and meat quality of pheasants. The study involved 80 one-d-old common pheasants. From 71 to 112 d of rearing, two diets were administered: a complete commercial diet ad libitum for control pheasants and restricted amounts of a commercial diet (50%) and whole triticale grain (50%) for experimental pheasants. Each treatment consisted of 4 replications, 10 birds each. Introducing whole triticale grain did not cause significant changes in BW, body measurements, feed intake and FCR. The carcasses of 112-d-old pheasants fed whole triticale grain diet showed a significantly lower breast muscle content (%) and a significantly higher content of skin with subcutaneous fat and carcass remainders (p < .05). Breast muscles of pheasants fed commercial compound feed and whole triticale grain exhibited significantly higher hardness, chewiness and gumminess, more palmitic acid and zinc, as well as significantly less sodium, water, linoleic acid, paullinic acid, heptadeconoic acid. There were also significant changes in water and protein, the content of fatty acids in leg muscles, except for myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, arachidonic acid and nervonic acid. Irrespective of the type of diet, males showed a significantly higher body weight, body measurements and carcass weight, and their breast muscles demonstrated significantly higher WB shear force and the amounts of protein, linoleic acid, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2018.1443028Pheasantwhole triticale graincarcass compositionmeat quality |
| spellingShingle | Dariusz Kokoszyński Marek Kotowicz Dariusz Piwczyński Zenon Bernacki Zbigniew Podkówka Piotr Dorszewski Małgorzata Grabowicz Mohamed Saleh Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants Italian Journal of Animal Science Pheasant whole triticale grain carcass composition meat quality |
| title | Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants |
| title_full | Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants |
| title_fullStr | Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants |
| title_short | Effects of feeding whole-grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants |
| title_sort | effects of feeding whole grain triticale and sex on carcass and meat characteristics of common pheasants |
| topic | Pheasant whole triticale grain carcass composition meat quality |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2018.1443028 |
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