Carcass variables and chemical composition of commercial broiler chickens and the red jungle fowl

• Main Authors: Soesanto, Iman Rahayu Hidayati, Idrus, Zulkifli, M. P. K. Menon, M. K. Vidyadaran, Alimon, Abdul Razak, Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13488/1/Carcass%20variables%20and%20chemical%20composition%20of%20commercial%20broiler%20chickens%20and%20the%20red%20jungle%20fowl.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13488/; http://ajas.info/journal/view.php?number=21929

The carcass characteristics and composition of both male and female commercial broiler chickens (CB) and the red jungle fowl (RJF) were compared at a common body weight of 800±25.6 g. The RJF and CB were 133 and 17 d of age, respectively, when they reached 800 g. The yields of breast and thigh por...