MEAT QUALITY OF RODHE ISLAND RED POULTRY REARED IN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM

Authors

  • Fábio Loures Cruz Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Marcelo Espósito Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Nicole Batelli de Souza Nardelli Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Édison José Fassani Universidade federal de Lavras
  • Peter Bitencourt Faria Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Claudiana Esteves

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab18037834

Keywords:

Poultry Science

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the quality of the meat from Rodhe Island Red poultry, considering the type of cut and sex. We used 30 birds in a completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement (2 x 2), two cuts (breast and thigh) and both sexes, with five replicates per treatment. The birds were slaughtered at 105 days to carry out the physical and chemical analysis, chemical composition and lipid profile of breast and thigh. The thigh showed the highest mean final pH, redness (a*) and shear force (SF). For brightness (L*), the breast had the highest average as well as females presented the highest SF average. The thigh presented the highest amount of ether extract (EE) and humidity. The breast presented the highest amount of saturated fatty acids. Females showed the highest amount of ?3 and the lowest ?6 / ?3 relation. There was a higher thrombogenicity index in breast meat. The thigh showed the lowest content of saturated fatty acids and a lower thrombogenicity index. Females had higher content of ?3. The cut showed greater influence then sex on the studied parameters and the thigh showed better physical and chemical aspects and lipid profile for poultry meat in such production system regarding the meat quality as desirable by the consumers.
Keywords: atherogenicity; color; fatty acids; shear force; thrombogenicity.

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Author Biographies

Fábio Loures Cruz, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Atua na área de produção de animais monogástricos.

Marcelo Espósito, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Zootecnia. Atua na área de produção e nutrição de animais monogástricos.

Nicole Batelli de Souza Nardelli, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Zootecnia. Atua na área de produção e nutrição de animais monogástricos.

Édison José Fassani, Universidade federal de Lavras

Departamento de Zootecnia. Atua na área de produção e nutrição de animais monogástricos.

Peter Bitencourt Faria, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Atua na área de produção animal, inspeção de produtos de origem animal e qualidade de carne.

Published

2017-07-31

How to Cite

CRUZ, F. L.; ESPÓSITO, M.; NARDELLI, N. B. de S.; FASSANI, Édison J.; FARIA, P. B.; ESTEVES, C. MEAT QUALITY OF RODHE ISLAND RED POULTRY REARED IN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 18, 2017. DOI: 10.1590/cab18037834. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-37834. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.