Comparative Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Local Horro and Exotic Cockerels of Tropical Origin Fed Growers Diet

• 作者: Abrar Biazen Urge Mengistu Ameha Negassi Aseffa Getenet Abegaz Solomon Dessie Tadelle
• 来源期刊: 动物科学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: BREED Carcass Characteristics CHICKEN COCKEREL Growth Meat Quality
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 62-83
• 页数: 22页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of male chickens were evaluated using eight-week-old 360 cockerels from three exotic (Koekoek, Kuroiler and Sasso-R) and one Ethiopian indigenous (Horro) genotypes. Cockerels in each breed (90) were randomly allocated into three replications of 30 birds each and housed in deep litter pens for the experiment that lasted for 8 to</span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">16 weeks. The experiment was arranged in a Completely Randomized Design. Seven birds per breed were slaughtered at the end to determine carcass yield, chemical composition and quality attributes of meat. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The Kuroiler breed has higher body weight</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> body weight change (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1621.8 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">g)</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> average daily gain (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">28.9 g/day),</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> daily feed consumption (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">127.4 g/day) and better feed conversion ratio (4.40) than other breed</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. The Kuroiler breed has heavier </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">slaughter weight (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2716.3 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">g)</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">dressed carcass weight (2201.0 g), eviscerated carcass weight (1905.1 g), breast weight (537.7 g), thigh weight (303.1 g) and drumstick weight (274.8 g) than other breeds. Total edible offal was higher </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">for </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Kuroiler (324.2 g) and