The performance and characteristics of carcass and breast meat of broiler chickens fed diets containing flaxseed meal

The effects of flaxseed meal (FSM) feeding on the performance (weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio), carcass characteristics and pectoral muscles fillets [major (PMJ) and minor (PMN)] quality [shear force, pH and cooking water loss percentage (CWLP)] and colour [redness (a*), lightnes...

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Main Authors: Tarek M. Shafey, Ahmed H. Mahmoud, El-Sayed Hussein, Gamal Suliman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-10-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/3514