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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Ultimate pH (pHu), color measurements, and water holding capacity of the chicken Pectoralis major muscle were compared between birds of an experimental line selected for 13 generations for increased BW and breast meat yield and reduced abdominal fat percentage and its control line. Ultimate pH differed slightly between lines after selection, with values of 5.78 +/- 0.10 and 5.68 +/- 0.12 in the selected and control birds, respectively. Drip loss was significantly lower in the selected birds. Although selection did not modify lightness L*, it led to paler meat, as redness a* and yellowness b* were significantly lower in the selected line than in the control line. Ultimate pH of the meat was related to lightness and drip loss (with mean correlations over both lines of -0.59 and -0.40, respectively). Storage of the meat resulted in similar color variation in both lines, with a significant increase in a* and b* until 3 d postslaughter and in L* after 6 d postslaughter. Estimates of the genetic parameters of the criteria of meat quality were calculated in the selected line. The estimates suggested that there is a predominant role of genetics in the control of these traits, with heritability estimates of 0.49 +/- 0.11 for pHu, 0.75 +/- 0.08 for L*, 0.81 +/- 0.04 for a*, and 0.64 +/- 0.06 for b*. A significant negative genetic correlation (-0.65) was found between pHu and L*. The genetic correlation between a* and b* measurements was estimated at 0.72.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0032-5791
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
822-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Broiler meat quality: effect of selection for increased carcass quality and estimates of genetic parameters.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Station de Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France. lebihan@tours.inra.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article