Feather removal from spent hens up to 24 HR post-mortem

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-346

  Webster, A Bruce ^a   Fletcher, Daniel L ^a   Savage, Stanley I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather picking; Feed withdrawal; Rendering; Rigor mortis; Spent Leghorn hens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030376233     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/5.4.337     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Christmas, R.B., B.L. Damron, and M.D. Ouart, 1996. The performance of commercial broilers when fed various levels of rendered whole-hen meal. Poultry Sci. 75:536-539.
2. Lyons, J.J. and J.M. Vandepopuliere, 1996. Spent Leghorn hens converted into a feedstuff. J. Appl. Poultry Res. 5:18-25.
3. Webster, A.B., D.L. Fletcher, and S.I. Savage, 1996. Humane on-farm killing of spent hens. J. Appl. Poultry Res. 5:191-200.
4. The make and model of the scalder and picker were, respectively: Ashley Sure-Scald, SS30, and Sure-Pick, SP38; Ashley Machine, Inc., Greensburg, IN. These pieces of equipment were used in the subsequent experiments as well.
5. SAS Institute, 1993. Statistical Analysis System proprietary software release 6.10. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC.