Anne FanaticoBetsy ConnorFanatico, Anne. Meat Chicken Breeds for Pastured Production. Updated by Betsy Conner. ATTRA, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, 2010, http://www.attra.ncat.org.
5. Sussex Chicken Top English Poultry Breeds The name and characteristics of some English poultry breeds are described below. 1. Australorp Chicken Australorp poultry breeds are very famous throughout the world for their egg production. They also produce meat highly. Their feathers become bright gr...
Meat quality traits of four genotypes of Chinese indigenous chicken [Ninghai chicken (NC), frizzle chicken (FC), Ninghai xiang chicken (XC), and Zhenning loquat chicken (LC)] and one genotype of commercial broiler [Arbor Acres plus broiler (AAB)] were analyzed. The indigenous chickens were ...
The poultry segment in the market includes meat from various breeds of hen, ducks, turkeys, quails, and pheasants. The consumption of poultry meat is increasing worldwide as there are more ready-to-eat products available in the market containing poultry meat as compared to other meat; hence, ...
The smaller and more compact goats are better suited to this system than the larger, hardy, long-legged or hairy breeds. The Saanen, Toggenburg, Barbari and some East African breeds, for example, are suited to stall-feeding. This intensive production system involves intensive fodder productio...
demonstrating superior growth characteristics by reaching a market weight of about 2.8 kg in just 42 days of breeding. The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has intensified research efforts in developing domestic white feather broiler breeds, aiming to reduce dependency on imports. The market is...
A trial was carried out to study the slaughter performance and the meat quality of three Italian dual-purpose chicken breeds: Ermellinata di Rovigo (ER), Robusta lionata (RL) and Robusta maculata (RM). Females were studied from June to October from 47 days of life until slaughtered age, ...
It was bred by cross-breeding 3 breeds, the White Rock chicken and 2 Chinese local breeds (Tibetan chicken and Chahua chicken). The average body weight of Xueshan broilers is approximately 1.5 kg at marketable age (a minimum of 90 d for males and 101 d for females). In the present ...
Stress-induced muscle degeneration is sometimes found in beef skeletal muscles, particularly ‘longissimus’ and ‘pectoralis’ muscles. It affects mainly young cattle from muscular breeds. Lesions appear as zones with a pinkish to yellowish color. Texture is soft and even jelly-like in serious cases...
International All-Breeds/Sieger Judge Fred Lanting sent this October 2018 notice from Newser “A federal judge in St. Louis has ordered two companies to pay a combined $7 million for shipping ingredients containing poultry feathers and other misbranded items to pet food manufacturers. Wilbur-Ellis...