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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2003.575

Influence of Caponization on the Carcass Characteristics in Taiwan Country Chicken Cockerels  

Lin, Cheng-Yung (Department of Technical and Service, Taiwan Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture)
Hsu, Jenn-Chung (Department of Animal Science, National Chung-Hsing University)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.16, no.4, 2003 , pp. 575-580 More about this Journal
Abstract
We determined the effect of caponization on the carcass and giblet characteristics, and skin and muscle color in Taiwan country chicken cockerels. Caponized birds were surgically altered at 10 weeks old and were fed growing and finishing diets ad libitum during an eighteen-week experimental period. The results showed that the percentage of dressing, heart, feet, thigh, head and neck were significantly (p<0.05) higher in the intact birds, while the capons had a higher (p<0.05) percentage of abdominal fat, intestine, back, wing and breast. Eviscerated weight, breast width, gizzard, liver and spleen ratios were not affected by the treatments. The breast skin color values for lightness (L*) and yellowness (b*) values in the capons were significantly (p<0.05) higher than in the intact birds, but the thigh and back skin were not significantly（p>0.05）different. Compared with the intact birds, the capons had a significantly (p<0.05) less redness (a*) values in the back skin, but were not significantly (p>0.05) different in the breast and thigh skin. The L* value of the thigh muscle was significantly (p<0.05) greater in the capons than in the intact birds, but were not significantly (p>0.05) different in breast and back muscles. The b* values in the breast, back and thigh muscles of the capons were significantly (p<0.05) greater whereas the intact birds had a higher (p<0.05) a* values in the breast, back, and thigh muscles. Moreover, our findings also indicate that the castration resulted in a significant alteration in dressing percentage, carcass region and organ percentage.
Keywords
Caponization; Androgen; Carcass characteristic; Color; Giblet;
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