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Carcass Yields and Meat Composition of Male and Female Italian Slow-Growing Chicken Breeds: Bianca di Saluzzo and Bionda Piemontese
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Bongiorno, Valentina Schiavone, Achille Renna, Manuela Sartore, Stefano Soglia, Dominga Sacchi, Paola Gariglio, Marta Castillo, Annelisse Mugnai, Cecilia Forte, Claudio Bianchi, Chiara Mioletti, Silvia Gasco, Laura Biasato, Ilaria Brugiapaglia, Alberto Sirri, Federico Zampiga, Marco Gai, Francesco Marzoni, Margherita Cerolini, Silvia Dabbou, Sihem |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | The slaughter performance and meat quality of two native Italian chicken breeds, Bionda Piemontese (BP, n = 64) and Bianca di Saluzzo (BS, n = 64), were investigated. Two-way ANOVA, considering breed, sex, and their interaction, was used to compare the properties of birds slaughtered at 5, 6, 7, and 8 months of age. Subsequently, data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and the Duncan test to evaluate the differences between slaughter ages. The BP breed produced a better carcass yield than BS at 5, 7, and 8 months of age (p < 0.05). Breast moisture and crude protein contents were influenced by gender, and were higher in males than in females (p < 0.05). By contrast, the crude fat content was higher in females than in males (p < 0.05). The saturated fatty acid content of breast meat increased as the birds aged in both breeds (p < 0.05). The polyunsaturated fatty acid content of both breast and thigh meat was higher in males than in females (p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively). In general, slaughtering at 7 months was associated with the best slaughter and meat quality characteristics in both breeds. Moreover, from a nutritional point of view, the characteristics of the meat from male birds were preferable to those of meat from females. |
| Starting Page | 406 |
| e-ISSN | 20762615 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ani12030406 |
| Journal | Animals |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-02-08 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Animals Agriculture and Animal Production Chicken Breed Meat Quality Sex Carcass Yield Fatty Acid |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
