Creatine monohydrate and glucose supplementation to slow- and fast-growing chickens changes the postmortem pH in pectoralis major

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1038-1044

  Nissen, P M ^a   Young, J F ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chicken; Creatine monohydrate; Meat quality; Ross strain

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

CREATINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COLOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; COLOR; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 33745527723     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.6.1038     Document Type: Article

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