Performance and meat quality of Label Rouge chickens at different slaughter 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...

Slaughter yield and meat quality of chicken at different length of preslaughter feed withdrawal

In the European Community, per-head consumption of chicken meat is steadily rising. Many consumers attempt eating more healthy products (BICKEL and WETSCHEREK, 2005) and that is why chicken meat with its low fat content is often preferred to beef or pig meat. Also events like the BSE-crisis or abuse of antibiotics in pig production, which are very present in the media, might lead the customers ...

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

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...