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Growth-related breast meat abnormalities in Broilers
Abstract Artificial selection for fast-growing and high-breast-yield hybrids has considerably marked up the pressure on breast muscle development, leading to the appearance and expansion of myopathies (i.e. White Striping, Wooden Breast and Spaghetti Meat) affecting the pectoral muscle of heavy and fast-growing birds. Growth-related breast meat abnormalities negatively impact both visual aspect and technological properties […]
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Performance of current Peking duck breeds
Abstract Data on the performance of commercial ducks are rare and outdated in most cases. It was the objective of the present test to explore the performance criteria and carcass characteristic of commonly used duck breed. The results may be used as up-to-date reference values. A total of 2380 ducks of 5 different breeds were […]
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Metagenomics to investigate the dynamics of microbial communities in poultry and poultry products
Abstract The poultry gut microbiome represents gut microorganisms and genomes as well as genes belonging to those microorganisms. Since the gut microbiome is involved in the regulation of multiple host metabolic pathways, a deep understanding of the relationships between gut microbiome and host should provide new strategies to improve poultry health and productivity as well […]
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Dear colleagues and friends, The role of the microbiota in humans and animals has been underestimated in the past. In animal science the microbiota of the intestinal tract was mainly studied with regard to the digestion of fibre in ruminants. In chickens and pigs as monogastric animals dietary fibre was considered as bulk which hampered […]
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