Carcase characteristics of quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) slaughtered at different ages
Yalcin, S. | Oguz, I. (Ege Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, Izmir (Turkey)) Otles, S. (Ege Univ., Faculty of Engineering, Izmir (Turkey). Div. of Food Engineering)
1. The present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between slaughter ages and carcase characteristics of Japanese quail. 2. Chicks were slaughtered at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 weeks of age. Carcase yield, carcase parts weight, weight of liver, heart, gizzard and alimentary tract were obtained. Protein fat, dry matter and ash contents of meat were analysed for each sex. 3. Body weight and eviscerated weight were affected by age. Age had no significant effect on the weight of liver, alimentary tract, gizzard and heart. Age had first and second order polynomial effects on breast weight and relative leg weight. Meat compositions of leg and breast were significantly affected by age
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