OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary onion (Allium cepa) extract (OE) supplementation on growth performance, apparent total tract retention (ATTR), blood profile, carcass characteristics and meat quality in broilers. METHODS Four hundred male broiler chicks (Ross 308, 3-d old) were randomly allocated to four dietary treatments for 28 d feeding trial. Each tr...

Effects of diet and feed withdrawal times on the sensory profile and shear values of broiler breast meat were determined. Feeds were formulated with 3 dietary carbohydrate sources (corn, milo, and wheat). Birds (n = 192) were processed between 42 and 52 d of age. Feed was withdrawn for 0 or 8 h prior to pilot plant processing under simulated commercial conditions. Pectoralis major muscles were ...

The study was designed with a view to isolate, identifies and characterizes Campylobacter species from broiler meat samples (leg muscle, breast muscle and cloacal skin) which were collected from KR market at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from January 2013 to May 2013. A total of 50 samples were subjected to bacterial isolation and identification by using cultu...

This experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of dried chlorella powder (Chlorella vulgaris; DCP) and chlorella growth factor (CGF) on growth performance, serum characteristics, meat qualities and humoral immune responses in broiler chicks. A total of 1050 day-old Ross male broiler chicks were randomly divided into 35 pens (30 chicks/pen) and subjected to one of seven dietary treat...

This study aims to examine the response of final body weight and growth broiler chest muscle given fermented unfermented palm kernel cake as raw material for substitution rice bran in rations. used a completely randomized design consisting 5 treatments 4 replications filled with 2 chickens each. The consisted P0 (control), P1 (10% cake), P2 P3 (15% P4 (20% cake). results showed that treatment h...

the present study was aimed to assess the influence of brown marine algae and vitamin e (ve) (160 ppm α-tocopheryl acetate) on stability of chicken meat enriched with fish oil. in this study, 360 d-old broilers (arbor acres plus) were randomly assigned to 6 treatment groups with 4 replicates of 15 birds in each. experimental groups consisted of corn-soybean basal diet (c), corn-soybean basal di...

Consumer awareness of the health benefits of n-3 fatty acids is growing and is driving consumer demand for enriched food products. Enrichment of meat with n-3 fatty acids is an opportunity for the broiler production sector to add value to their product, but enrichment can increase the cost of production. A study was conducted to determine an optimal production strategy for n-3 enrichment of bro...

Aim The present study was conducted to explore the effect of supplementation of Withania somnifera and synbiotics alone or in combination on the composition of broiler breast meat under heat stress conditions. Materials and Methods A 42-day feeding trial was conducted on 360 broiler chicks randomly allotted into eight treatment groups with three replicates each under completely randomized des...

The objective of this experiment was to assess the use of different vitamin D metabolites in the feed of broiler chickens and the effects of the metabolites on performance, bone parameters and meat quality. A total of 952 one-day-old male broiler chicks were distributed in a completely randomised design, with four treatments, seven replicates and 34 birds per experimental unit. The treatments c...

The present paper explores amino acid composition of breast and thigh muscles of common pheasant and compares it with that in broiler chickens. The experimental feeding of both pheasant and broiler chickens proceeded for a period of 42 days at the identical conditions employing the same diet and rearing technology. Muscles were analysed for the content of following amino acids: Asp, Thr, Ser, G...