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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
2021-06-01
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Series: | Animal Bioscience |
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Online Access: | http://www.animbiosci.org/upload/pdf/ajas-20-0560.pdf |