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| Provedor de dados: |
Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Avic.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Performance, carcass yield, and qualitative characteristics of breast and leg muscles of broilers fed diets supplemented with vitamin E at different ages
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| Autores: |
Leonel,FR
Oba,A
Pelicano,ERL
Zeola,NMBL
Boiago,MM
Scatolini,AM
Lima,TMA
Souza,PA
Souza,HBA
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| Data: |
2007-06-01
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| Ano: |
2007
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| Palavras-chave: |
Broiler chickens
Meat quality
Vitamin E
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| Resumo: |
The effects of vitamin E supplementation (300 mg/kg diet) in the diet of broiler chickens for different periods during rearing on the performance and qualitative traits of breast and leg muscles were evaluated. Seven hundred and twenty day-old chicks were distributed into six treatments: basal diet (25 mg vitamin E/kg diet), and diet supplemented with vitamin E from 1 to 15, 1 to 30, 1 to 45, 14 to 45 and 30 to 45 days of age. Vitamin E content, lipid percentage, TBARS (0 and 3 days of storage), color (*L, *a, *b), and pH were evaluated. There were no differences (p>0.05) among treatments in performance, carcass yield, and cut yields. Qualitative parameters (pH and color) presented no differences, although vitamin E positively affected TBARS values at 3 days of storage, mainly in leg muscles. Vitamin E levels in both muscles were higher in the birds supplemented throughout the experiment.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2007000200003
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| Editor: |
Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1516-635X2007000200003
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science v.9 n.2 2007
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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