Veterinary Science & Technology

Moraes LE

Publications

• Research Article
  Occurrence and Severity of White Striping in Broilers Until 50d of Age Fed with High and Low-Energy Diets: Body Weight, Histopathological Changes and Meat Quality
  Author(s): Kindlein L, Ferreira TZ, Driemeier D, Nascimento VP, Vieira SL, Moraes LE, King A and Sainz RDKindlein L, Ferreira TZ, Driemeier D, Nascimento VP, Vieira SL, Moraes LE, King A and Sainz RD
  
  White striping (WS) is a condition characterized by the occurrence of white striations parallel to the muscle fibers on breast, thigh, and tender muscle of broilers. This study was aimed to evaluate the occurrence and severity of white striping and histopathological changes in breast fillets from 10 to 50 d broilers disregarding the effect of diet. Birds (n=572) were randomly assigned to a high- (HED) or low-energy (LED) diet (11 replicates of 26 birds/dietary treatment) and were processed at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 d of age to evaluate occurrence of white striping, BW, histological analysis, and meat quality. The results showed that at 10 d of age, 2.27% of the birds showed some degree of WS and at 20 and 30 d of age the occurrence of WS (%) was higher in birds fed HED than birds fed LED diets. There was no differences (P>0.05) in the L*, a*, and b* values for meat or among differen.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000478

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