Effect of pre-slaughter fasting time on carcass yield, blood parameters and meat quality in broilers

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Wu, Xuezhuang

作者： Wu, Xuezhuang;Zhou, Yahao;Lu, Zhentao;Zhang, Yunting;Zhang, Tietao

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关键词： Broilers; Carcass Yield; Fasting; Glucose Metabolism; Meat Quality

期刊名称：ANIMAL BIOSCIENCE （ 影响因子：2.2； 五年影响因子：2.3 ）

ISSN： 2765-0189

年卷期： 2024 年 37 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-slaughter fasting time on carcass yield, meat quality, blood parameters and glucose metabolism in broilers. Methods Four hundred and fifty Arbor Acres (AA) broilers at 42 days of age were divided into 5 groups with 6 replicates in each group and 15 chickens as one replicate. Following this period, broilers from each group were distributed among five groups according to pre-slaughter fasting period as 4, 8, 12, 16, or 20 h. Results With increasing fasting time, the carcass yield (p<0.01), the breast muscles yield (p<0.01) and the thigh yield (p<0.01) of the broilers were all linearly increased. With increasing fasting time, the L* values (p<0.01), cooking loss (p = 0.020), moisture content (p<0.01) in the leg muscles linearly downregulated, while the drip loss (p = 0.043), pH(45 min) (p<0.01) and pH(24 h) (p<0.01) were linearly upregulated. A trend for a lower (p = 0.071) shear force in the leg muscles was also observed in broilers fasted for longer time. Similar results were also found in breast muscles. The different fasting treatments did not influence the breast muscles glycogen content (p>0.10), while the increase of fasting time resulted in a linear decrease of the blood glucose (p = 0.021) and, more specifically, the glycogen content of the liver and leg muscles (p<0.001). With increasing fasting time, the aspartate transaminase (p<0.01), uric acid (p<0.01), and triglycerides (p<0.01) in serum linearly downregulated, while the alanine aminotransferase was linearly upregulated. Conclusion The results of this study show a significant influence of fasting time on carcass yield and meat quality in broilers. Moderate fasting (8 to 12 h) before slaughter can reduce the weight loss of broilers. Prolonged fasting (>= 16 h) increased body weight loss, decreased slaughtering performance and fluctuating blood indexes of broilers.

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