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Title: | Gender, lineage, and age on muscle morphometry traits and meat tenderness of free-range chickens |
Other Titles: | Associação de fatores de produção e de morfometria muscular sobre a maciez da carne de frangos caipiras |
Keywords: | Birds Collagen Connective tissue Lineages Muscle fibre Aves Colágeno Tecido conjuntivo Linhagens Fibra muscular |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) |
Citation: | FARIA, P. B. et al. Gender, lineage, and age on muscle morphometry traits and meat tenderness of free-range chickens. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, v. 52, n. 11, p. 1-11, 2022. DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20210444. |
Abstract: | This study assessed whether the meat tenderness of broilers raised in a free-range system varies by sex, lineage, and age at the time of slaughter. Physicochemical parameters were measured to adequately assess breast and thigh muscle morphometry, including shear force (SF), muscle fibre diameter (MD), histological connective tissue (HCT) content, and total and soluble collagen contents (TCC and SCC, respectively). The experiment was conducted with a completely randomized design using two lineages (Pescoço Pelado and Paraíso Pedrês), with specimens of both sexes raised in a free-range system. Randomly selected broilers were slaughtered at 65, 75, 85, and 95 days old. A total of 192 birds were analysed. SF values correlated positively with age. The highest SF values were measured in thighs of the Pescoço Pelado lineage. Age also showed a positive correlation with MD and HCT content of the breast regardless of lineage. Gender did not have any significant correlation with physical parameters; although, higher values were measured in thighs of the Paraíso Pedrês than in those of the Pescoço Pelado lineage. There were no significant differences among treatments regarding the SCC and TCC of thighs and breasts. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed relationships between SF and the rest of the measured attributes. PCA showed that age was positively correlated with the SF, MD, and HCT content of thighs and breasts. In contrast, SCC and TCC had negative correlations. The greatest breast and thigh MD values were associated with the least tender meat. Thus, age at the time of slaughter proved to be the most significant parameter impacting the physical characteristics of muscle morphometry and meat tenderness of breasts and thighs of broilers raised in a free-range system. |
URI: | http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/57149 |
Appears in Collections: | DMV - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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