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| Horsted, Klaus; Henning, Judith; Hermansen, John E.. |
| The effects of strain, sex and age on live weight, slaughter weight and sensory characteristics of organically reared broilers in orchards are presented. A total of 450 broilers of three different strains (I 657, Light Sussex, New Hampshire) were reared in an organic research orchard. Half of each strain was slaughtered at 91 days and the other half at 120 days. All broilers were weighed and a clinical welfare assessment was made at slaughter. A trained sensory panel evaluated the breast meat in relation to flavour, smell and texture characteristics defined by the panel. At both 91 and 120 days of age the commercial breed I 657 was significantly heavier than the slower growing strains. Males were significantly heavier than the females across strains.... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Poultry. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9134/1/9134.pdf |
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| Horsted, Klaus; Henning, Judith; Hermansen, John E.. |
| The effects of age, sex and genotype on growth and sensory characteristics in organically produced broilers, when kept considerably longer before slaughtering, were examined. A total of 450 birds consisting of three genotypes, Light Sussex, New Hampshire, and the commercial strain I 657 were inserted at Fejoe Research Orchard. Half the birds were slaughtered at 91 days of age and half at 120 days of age. I 657 was significantly heavier compared to the slower growing breeds and Light Sussex was significantly heavier than New Hampshire. Males were significantly heavier than females across genotype, but weight ratios differed with genotype. No overall effect of genotype was found on the flavour or smell of the breast meat, but the commercial strain went... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Poultry. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4373/1/4373%2DHorsted_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.pdf |
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