Open AccessQuantitative meat quality parameters of broilers from different rearing systems
Author(s) -
Snežana Bogosavljević-Bošković,
Ž. Pavlovski,
Milun Petrović,
Vladimir Dosković
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
biotechnology in animal husbandry/biotechnology in animal husbandry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-7140
pISSN - 1450-9156
DOI - 10.2298/bah0404113b
Subject(s) - broiler , abdominal fat , zoology , biology , slaughter house , laying , veterinary medicine , body weight , engineering , medicine , structural engineering , endocrinology
Bearing in mind both certain established European Union regulations on the non-industrial poultry meat production and rearing specificities in our conditions, experimental investigations were conducted with the aim of examining the effect of two different rearing systems (outlet fattening and extensive rearing in the chicken-pen) on major quantitative characteristics of dressed broiler carcasses. The initial material used in the experiment consisted of one-day old chickens of the Hybro G strain. Following the 56-day fattening period, the shares of dressed carcasses, slaughter by-products, abdominal fat and basic carcass parts were determined by measuring at the slaughter line. Based upon the data mentioned, major quantitative meat parameters of trial broilers were calculated. The research results analyzed lead to the conclusion that there are no particularly significant differences between the outlet-reared broilers (one chick per square metre of the outlet area) and the extensively reared ones (12 broilers per square metre of the floor area) in terms of major slaughter characteristics.