Chicken meat quality as a function of fasting period and water spray

This study aimed at evaluating the effect of different fasting periods and water spray during lairage on the quality of chicken meat. A number of 300 male Ross broilers were reared up to 42 days of age, and submitted to four pre-slaughter fasting periods (4, 8, 12, and 16 hours) and sprayed with wat...

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Main Authors: CM Komiyama, AA Mendes, SE Takahashi, J Moreira, RG Garcia, C Sanfelice, HS Borba, FR Leonel, ICL Almeida Paz, A Balog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2008-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2008000300008