Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LVIII
Written by Minodora TUDORACHE, Ioan CUSTURA, Ilie VAN, Maria Antoaneta POPA
Meat quality and control of meat quality in poultry production are requiring a good management through whole production chain aiming both performances improvement with the raise of profitability and production of products at required quality standard. This study was performed with the aim to observe a poultry meat quality index compulsory inside the European Union because of the free food products trade inside the Union. Experiments were performed inside Avicola Crevedia during two years and with two industrial chicken hybrids (ROSS 308 and COBB 500) with the aim of finding the influence of both hybrid and production season on total chicken meat protein content. During firs year of experiment total protein content of ROSS 308 hybrids had values between 17.4272 g (season 1) and 17.4688 g (season 2) with difference non-significant statistically. COBB 500 hybrids had total chicken meat protein content between 18.3196 g and 18.3960 g (NS). Differences between average values of the two tested hybrids were highly significant statistically both in first and second season (respectively t=4.9332*** and t=5.2795***). Results were similar during the second year of the experiment with carcass protein content values between 17.4472 g and 17.4032 g in ROSS 308 hybrids and between 18.5392 g and between 18.6212 g in COB 500 hybrids (NS). Like in the previous year, differences between the two hybrids for the analyzed parameter were highly significant statistically which allows us to affirm the superiority of COBB 500 hybrid.
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