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Influence of pre-slaughter fasting time on weight loss, meat quality and carcass contamination in broilers

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Xue, Ge, Cheng, Silu, Yin, Jingwen, Zhang, Runxiang, Su, Yingying, Li, Xiang, Li, Jianhong, Bao, Jun·2021·Animal Bioscience
DOI 10.5713/ajas.20.0560PMC PMC8100496
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Objective: An experiment was conducted to determine the appropriate fasting time prior to slaughter for broilers in floor-feed and scatter-feed mode.Methods: On 21 d since hatching, 120 Arbor Acres broilers were divided into floor-feed and scatter-feed groups, chicks from each group were further assigned to feed withdrawal treatments for 0, 4, 6, 8, and 10 h. Some resultant indicators such as carcass contamination, body weight loss, meat quality of 54-day-old broilers were measured.Results: It appears that longer feed withdrawal increased weight loss, lightness, drop loss of meat but reduced pH. A significant higher weight loss and lightness for both floor-feed and scatter-feed chicks coincided after 6 to 10 h feed withdrawal (p<0.05). pH for breast muscle at 45 min postmortem reduced when chicks of scatter-feed were fasted 6 and 10 h, while the reduction of floor-feed group occurred only in 10 h (p<0.05). A noticeable effect of feed withdrawal on drop loss occurred after 10 h fasting in scatter-feed of which drop loss were significantly higher than that for other groups including control (p<0.05). The change of contamination propensity revealed that 6 to 10 h fasting significantly reduced the likelihood of carcass contamination under both floor-feed and scatter-feed (p<0.05). Net weights of intestinal contents for gizzard were significantly reduced after feed deprived for 10 h in floor-feed and 6 and 10 h in scatter-feed (p<0.05). The decrease for whole intestine occurred after floor-feed broilers have been without feed for more than 4 h, scatter-feed broilers for more than 8 h (p<0.05).Conclusion: On the premise that poultry product properties and welfare were not significantly damaged, proper fasting time could reduce carcass contamination. Current data implied that 6 h fasting was recommendable for both floor and scatter feed pre-slaughter broilers.

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Authors
Xue, G., Cheng, S., Yin, J., Zhang, R., Su, Y., Li, X., Li, J., & Bao, J.
Affiliations
Northeast Agricultural University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Li, Jianhong
  • Bao, Jun
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Venue
Animal Bioscience
Publisher
Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
Published
2021-06-01
Volume
34
Issue
6
Pages
1070-1077
ISSN
  • 2765-0189 (ISSN-L)
  • 2765-0235
DOI
10.5713/ajas.20.0560
PMC
PMC8100496
OpenAlex
W3095905052
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22
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2026: 8 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1
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1.25
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Animal Bioscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772647)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Keywords
pre-slaughter fasting, broiler chickens, feed withdrawal, carcass contamination, meat quality, weight loss, intestinal contents, poultry welfare

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Xue, G., Cheng, S., Yin, J., Zhang, R., Su, Y., Li, X., Li, J., & Bao, J. (2021). Influence of pre-slaughter fasting time on weight loss, meat quality and carcass contamination in broilers. Animal Bioscience. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.20.0560