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Carcass composition of jungle fowl in comparison with broilers and indigenous chicken.


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Ganabadi, Shanthi and Mutuviren, Santhi and Abdullah, Muhammad Hilmi and Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin and Yaakub, Halimatun and Fakurazi, Sharida (2009) Carcass composition of jungle fowl in comparison with broilers and indigenous chicken. Asian Journal of Animal Sciences, 3 (1). pp. 13-17. ISSN 1819-1878

Abstract

Carcass composition of three breed of chicken was compared: jungle fowl, broiler and Malaysian indigenous chicken. The chickens were sacrificed and were divided into forequarter and hindquarter. The forequarter was further divide into breast, wing and ribs. The muscle, bone, fat and skin of all different portions were separated, weighed and recorded. The results showed that broilers have significantly higher muscle weight compared to indigenous chicken and jungle fowl. The jungle fowl has significantly higher bone weight with least fat compared to the other two breeds The carcass composition of indigenous chicken is always in between the broiler and jungle fowl. Present results show that different habitat and feeding pattern of these chickens do contribute to these changes.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/ajas.2009.13.17
Publisher: Knowledge Review, Malaysia
Keywords: Broiler; Indigenous chicken; Jungle fowl; Meat composition.
Depositing User: Norhazura Hamzah
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2014 04:17
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2015 08:41
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13487
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