The Defeathering Effect by Scalding in Chickens Follows Their Intrinsic Dermal Histologies

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 16; p. 2584
• Main Authors: Shung, Chia-Cheng, Hsin, Kun-Yi, Tan, Fa-Jui, Chen, Shuen-Ei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: abdomen; adolescents; Animal feathers; Birds; chest; chickens; Collagen; collagen denaturation; defeathering; Denaturation; follicle sheath; Histology; neck; Poultry; Proteins; scalding; Skin; skin histology; tail; Temperature; Taiwan

This study aimed to delineate the fundamental skin histology and its association with feathers in broilers and native Red-Feather (RF) chickens and further elucidate their thermal alterations in respect to the defeathering effect by scalding. Comparisons of skin thickness between fresh samples and t...