Spaghetti Meat Abnormality in Broilers: Current Understanding and Future Research Directions

Spaghetti meat (SM) is a recent muscular abnormality that affects the Pectoralis major muscle of fast-growing broilers. As the appellative suggests, this condition phenotypically manifests as a loss of integrity of the breast muscle, which appears soft, mushy, and sparsely tight, resembling spaghett...

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Main Authors: Giulia Baldi, Francesca Soglia, Massimiliano Petracci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.684497/full