Comparison of blood variables, fiber intensity, and muscle metabolites in hot-boned muscles from electrical- and gas-stunned broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1837-1843

  Xu, L ^a   Yue, H Y ^a   Wu, S G ^a   Zhang, H J ^a   Ji, F ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Qi, G H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Blood; Broiler; Electrical stunning; Energy; Gas stunning

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 79960353421     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-01331     Document Type: Article

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