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Animal Welfare and Meat Quality: Methodologies to Reduce Pre-slaughter Stress in Broiler Chicken
The aim of this study was to report the causes of stress for commercial chickens during the manoeuvres performed immediately prior to slaughter. The model used to quantitatively measure the stress level of a c...
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Open AccessIn-transit development of color abnormalities in turkey breast meat during winter season
The poultry industry suffers losses from problems as pale, soft and exudative (PSE), and dark, firm and dry (DFD) meat can develop in meat as a result of short- and long-term stress, respectively. These abnorm...
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Open AccessCorrection to: in-transit development of color abnormalities in turkey breast meat during winter season
Due to a technical issue this article [1] was accidentally published in volume 59, the correct volume for this article is volume 60.
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Assessment of turkey vehicle container microclimate on transit during summer season conditions
This study evaluated the formed microclimate commercial truck transport practices effects on the turkeys’ welfare by measuring Dead on Arrival (DOA) index and pale, soft, and exudative (PSE-like) meat occurren...
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Further insight into the role of Ca2+ in broiler pale, soft and exudative-like (PSE) meat through the analysis of moisture by TGA and strong cation elements by ICP-OES
This study evaluated moisture content of broiler breast PSE meat by thermal gravimetric analysis and strong cation elements by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. The weight changes were ...
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Collapse of the endogenous antioxidant enzymes in post-mortem broiler thigh muscles triggers oxidative stress and impairs water-holding capacity
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the collapse of the endogenous antioxidant enzymes, namely, catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in post-mortem (PM...