To investigate the effect of different dietary energy and protein levels on meat performance and meat quality of Jinghai yellow chickens, 480 43-day old Jinghai yellow chickens with similar weight were randomly divide...To investigate the effect of different dietary energy and protein levels on meat performance and meat quality of Jinghai yellow chickens, 480 43-day old Jinghai yellow chickens with similar weight were randomly divided into four experimental groups: experimental group 1 (protein 15%, metabolic energy 9.95 MJ/kg), experimental group 2 (protein 16%, metabolic energy 10.95 MJ/kg), experimental group 3 (protein 17%, metabolic energy 12.65 MJ/kg) and experimental group 4 ( protein 18%, metabolic energy 13.95 MJ/kg), respectively. All chickens were slaughtered at 112-day old. The breast and leg muscles of Jinghai yellow chickens were collected, to determine the slaughter performance, conventional meat quality and muscle chemical indicators. The results indicated that dressing-out percentage and eviscerated yield percentage in four experimental groups were above 87.27% and 67.00%, respectively; other slaughter performance indicators exhibited no significant differences among various groups (P 〉 0.05 ) ; breast muscle color of hens in experimental group 4 varied significantly from that in other three groups ( P 〈 0.05 ) ; leg muscle color of hens in experimental group 2 varied extremely significantly from that in other three groups ( P 〈 0.01 ) ; water-holding capacity of breast muscles of hens in experimental group 3 was significantly higher than that in experimental group 4 (P 〈 0.05 ) ; thiamine content of breast muscles of cocks in experimental group 3 was significandy higher than that in experimental group 2 ( P 〈 0.05 ) ; however, other properties exhibited no significant differenees among various groups (P 〉 0.05 ).展开更多
基金Supported by Special Fund for National Broiler Industry Technology System ofChina(CARS-42-G23)Project of Priority Academic Program Development ofJiangsu Higher Education Institutionsthe New Century Talent Project of Yangzhou University
文摘To investigate the effect of different dietary energy and protein levels on meat performance and meat quality of Jinghai yellow chickens, 480 43-day old Jinghai yellow chickens with similar weight were randomly divided into four experimental groups: experimental group 1 (protein 15%, metabolic energy 9.95 MJ/kg), experimental group 2 (protein 16%, metabolic energy 10.95 MJ/kg), experimental group 3 (protein 17%, metabolic energy 12.65 MJ/kg) and experimental group 4 ( protein 18%, metabolic energy 13.95 MJ/kg), respectively. All chickens were slaughtered at 112-day old. The breast and leg muscles of Jinghai yellow chickens were collected, to determine the slaughter performance, conventional meat quality and muscle chemical indicators. The results indicated that dressing-out percentage and eviscerated yield percentage in four experimental groups were above 87.27% and 67.00%, respectively; other slaughter performance indicators exhibited no significant differences among various groups (P 〉 0.05 ) ; breast muscle color of hens in experimental group 4 varied significantly from that in other three groups ( P 〈 0.05 ) ; leg muscle color of hens in experimental group 2 varied extremely significantly from that in other three groups ( P 〈 0.01 ) ; water-holding capacity of breast muscles of hens in experimental group 3 was significantly higher than that in experimental group 4 (P 〈 0.05 ) ; thiamine content of breast muscles of cocks in experimental group 3 was significandy higher than that in experimental group 2 ( P 〈 0.05 ) ; however, other properties exhibited no significant differenees among various groups (P 〉 0.05 ).