Effects of age, sex, and duration of postmortem aging on percentage yield of parts from broiler chicken carcasses

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 376-379

  Young, L L ^a   Northcutt, J K ^b   Buhr, R J ^a   Lyon, C E ^a   Ware, G O ^b  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast filet; Broiler yield; Carcass aging; Chicken age; Chicken sex

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHICKEN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035286277     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.3.376     Document Type: Article

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