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Rapid growth rate results in remarkably hardened breast in broilers during the middle stage of rearing: A biochemical and histopathological study

The high incidence of meat of impaired quality poses a serious problem in the poultry industry. In recent years, the incidence of the pectoralis major muscle that appeared pale colored, remarkably hardened, and exudative, called “wooden breast” or “woody breast” has increased in slaughter houses. In...

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Autores principales: Kawasaki, Takeshi, Iwasaki, Tomohito, Yamada, Michi, Yoshida, Takashi, Watanabe, Takafumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5825104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29474396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193307