Dietary Alpha Lipoic Acid Improves Body Composition, Meat Quality and Decreases Collagen Content in Muscle of Broiler Chickens

A total of 192 broiler chicks were used to evaluate the influence of dietary α-lipoic acid (ALA) on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of broiler chickens with the purpose of developing a strategy to prevent the occurrence of pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) meat and to impr...

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Main Authors: H. K. El-Senousey, A. M. Fouad, J. H. Yao, Z. G. Zhang, Q. W. Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2013-03-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-26-3-394-12.pdf