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| Rodrigues,D.R.; Café,M.B.; Jardim Filho,R.M.; Oliveira,E.; Trentin,T.C.; Martins,D.B.; Minafra,C.S.. |
| ABSTRACT An investigation was made into the effects of different lairage times and the position of chicken crates during transport to the slaughterhouse on the biochemical and hematological profile and physical parameters of broilers, such as color and pH of their breast meat. The treatments were defined by the animals slaughtered after 0, 2, 4 and 6 hours of lairage time at the slaughterhouse, transported in crates located in the top and bottom layers of the truck. It was found that increasing the lairage time at the slaughterhouse to over two hours reduced the number of lymphocytes and increased the heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratio and the basophil count in the hemogram. In addition, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and cholesterol levels increased... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; DFD meat; Fasting; Holding sheds; Pre-slaughter. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352017000300733 |
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