Meat quality traits of four Chinese indigenous chicken breeds and one commercial broiler stock

• Published in: Journal of Zhejiang University. B. Science Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 896 - 902
• Main Authors: Guan, Rong-fa, Lyu, Fei, Chen, Xiao-qiang, Ma, Jie-qing, Jiang, Han, Xiao, Chao-geng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2013; Springer Nature B.V; Zhejiang University Press
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Biotechnology; Breeding; Chickens; China; Color; Cyclic IMP; Genotype; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lipids - chemistry; Meat; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Phenotype; Shear Strength; Species Specificity; Time Factors; China; Inosine-5′-monophosphate; Indigenous chicken; Fiber diameter; S831; Commercial broiler; Meat quality

Meat quality traits of four genotypes of Chinese indigenous chicken [Ninghai chicken （NC）, frizzle chicken （FC）, Ninghai xiang chicken （XC）, and Zhenning Ioquat chicken （LC）] and one genotype of commercial broiler [Arbor Acres plus broiler （AAB）] were analyzed. The indigenous chickens were raised be...