Meat Quality of Male Layer-Type Chickens Slaughtered at Different Ages

Growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality of bulls and heifers slaughtered at different ages

The effects of sex and slaughter age on growth, feed intake, carcass composition and meat quality attributes of musculus longissimus lumborum were investigated in Charolais × Simmental bulls (n = 12) and heifers (n = 12) reared and finished under identical management conditions. The animals entered the experiment at similar age (251 days) and were slaughtered at 14 or 18 months of age. Bulls ga...

The Relationship Between Meat Quality Characteristics and Nutritional Composition of Nandanam Quail-III Slaughtered at Different Ages

In recent years, Japanese quail meat has gained much popularity among consumers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the meat quality characteristics and nutritional composition of Nandanam Quail-III (Coturnix coturnix japonica) meat as influenced by age at slaughter. Totally twelve birds were divided into two different age groups. The birds were slaughtered and breast muscle was obtained. Th...

The Secondary Response of Chickens Given a Primary Inoculation of Bovine Serum Albumin at Different Ages

Pharmacokinetics of Colistin in Chickens at Different Ages

Colistin is a decapeptide antibiotic with a narrow spectrum of antibacterial activity mainly against Gram-negative microorganisms (Ziv,1981). It is also able to inactivate bacterial toxins in vitro (Ziv et al., 1978). That is why it is commonly used for treatment of diseases caused by sensitive Gram-negative bacteria (Roy et al., 1997; van Hattum et al., 2000).Despite the fact that this antibio...

Bovine serum inoculation of chickens at different ages and its effect on the secondary response