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Effect of Hybridization on Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Erlang Mountainous Chickens

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dc.contributor.authorYin, H. D.en
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Elizabeth R.en
dc.contributor.authorChen, S. Y.en
dc.contributor.authorWang, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Z. C.en
dc.contributor.authorZhao, X. L.en
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yaoen
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Q.en
dc.contributor.departmentAnimal and Poultry Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-02T19:30:31Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-02T19:30:31Zen
dc.date.issued2013-10en
dc.description.abstractNative chickens hold a significant share of the market in China. In response to the huge demand from the market, the productivity of Chinese native chickens needs to be improved. Cross breeding is an effective method to increase productivity, although it might affect meat quality. In this study, two pure lines (SD02 and SD03) of Erlang mountainous chickens were hybridized with a yellow feather and faster growing line (SD01). The effect of hybridization on carcass and meat quality (physiochemical and textural traits) was measured in the F-1 population at d 91 of age. The hybrids exhibited higher body weight and dressed weight, and amount of semieviscerated, eviscerated, breast muscle and abdominal fat (p<0.05). Abdominal fat yield also increased (p<0.05) compared to the offspring of the two pure-lines. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference in meat quality traits except for the myofiber diameter and density and the shear force of the breast muscle. Overall, the offspring of cross-lines were similar to pure lines in meat color, pH value, inosinic acid, crude protein, crude fat, dry matter, moisture content and amino acid composition in the breast muscle. These results suggest that productivity can be improved via cross-breeding while maintaining meat quality of the Erlang mountainous chicken.en
dc.description.notesThe authors thank Jiangyuan Li for farming the experimental chickens and thank Prof. Eric A Wong for revising the manuscript. This work was supported by China Agriculture Research System (CARS-41), The Twelfth Five Year Plan for breeding program in Sichuan (2011NZ0099-7), and the Programs from Sichuan Province (11TD007 and 2011JTD0032).en
dc.description.sponsorshipChina Agriculture Research System [CARS-41]; Twelfth Five Year Plan for breeding program in Sichuan [2011NZ0099-7]; Programs from Sichuan Province [11TD007, 2011JTD0032]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2013.13097en
dc.identifier.eissn1976-5517en
dc.identifier.issn1011-2367en
dc.identifier.issue10en
dc.identifier.pmid25049734en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96253en
dc.identifier.volume26en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unporteden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en
dc.subjectHybridizationen
dc.subjectCarcass Traitsen
dc.subjectMeat Qualityen
dc.subjectErlang Mountainous Chickenen
dc.titleEffect of Hybridization on Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Erlang Mountainous Chickensen
dc.title.serialAsian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciencesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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