Ardennaise chicken breed; Breast morphology; Carcass; Performance
Abstract :
[en] The aim of this study was to quantify performance, breast morphological and carcass traits in Belgium's most ancient chicken breed: the Ardennaise. Evaluation during growing showed at 84 days of age light as-hatched mean live Body Weights (BW) (1115g ± 221), fairly high Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) (5.09 ± 0.4) and Liveability (LIV) (92.55% ± 4.6). At 85 days, male and female in vivo breast measurements such as Keel Angle (KA) (67.74-71.82°), Thoracic Circumference (TC) (25.61-28.05 cm), Keel Length (KL) (10.32-11.26 cm) and muscle thickness (TM) (10.70-12.11mm), with associated BW, were all greater in males and significantly different between sexes (p<0.001), except for Chest Width (CW) (4.62-5.35 cm). However, there was no sexual dimorphism for all yield traits. Yields of Eviscerated Carcass (EC) varied from 57.54-59.28%, Thighs and Drumsticks (TD) from 19.37-19.80%, Breast Meat (BM) from 11.02-11.62% and Wings (WI) from 8.67-8.82%. All in vivo measurements, carcass and portions data were lower than those reported mostly for broilers, except similar KA degrees and slightly higher WI. Finally, most of traits studied in the Ardennaise chicken were moderate when compared to those obtained by broilers.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Larivière, J. M. ; Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Farnir, Frédéric ; Université de Liège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Biostatistiques et bioinformatique appliquées aux sc. vétér.
Detilleux, Johann ; Université de Liège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Génétique quantitative
Michaux, Charles ; Université de Liège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Nutrition des animaux domestiques
Verleyen, Vincent ; Université de Liège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA)
Leroy, Pascal ; Université de Liège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Biostatistique, économie, sélection animale
Language :
English
Title :
Performance, breast morphological and carcass traits in the ardennaise chicken breed
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