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| Pereira,REP; Martins,MRFB; Mendes,AA; Almeida,PAZ ICL; Komiyama,CM; Milbradt,EL; Fernandes,BC da S. |
| The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) regulations establish 12 hours as the maximum pre-slaughter fasting period for broilers; however, many processing plants have considered this time is not sufficient, and consequently return the birds to the farms, with consequent economic losses and welfare problems. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the possible effects of longer pre-slaughter fasting times. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of pre-slaughter fasting times longer than those established by MAPA on broiler welfare, breast meat quality, and intestinal integrity. Forty 42-d-old broilers were submitted to different pre-slaughter fasting times: group I: 6 hours, group II 9h, group III 12h, and group IV 15h. Bird... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Broiler industry; Stress; Intestinal morphology; Intestinal morphometrics. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2013000200007 |
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