Influence of pre-slaughter fasting time on weight loss, meat quality and carcass contamination in broilers

Objective An experiment was conducted to determine the appropriate fasting time prior to slaughter for broilers in floor-feed and scatter-feed mode. Methods On 21 d since hatching, 120 Arbor Acres broilers were divided into floor-feed and scatter-feed groups, chicks from each group were further assi...

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Main Authors: Ge Xue, Silu Cheng, Jingwen Yin, Runxiang Zhang, Yingying Su, Xiang Li, Jianhong Li, Jun Bao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2021-06-01
Series:Animal Bioscience
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Online Access:http://www.animbiosci.org/upload/pdf/ajas-20-0560.pdf