Animals
(Feb 2022)
Carcass Yields and Meat Composition of Male and Female Italian Slow-Growing Chicken Breeds: <i>Bianca di Saluzzo</i> and <i>Bionda Piemontese</i>
Valentina Bongiorno,
Achille Schiavone,
Manuela Renna,
Stefano Sartore,
Dominga Soglia,
Paola Sacchi,
Marta Gariglio,
Annelisse Castillo,
Cecilia Mugnai,
Claudio Forte,
Chiara Bianchi,
Silvia Mioletti,
Laura Gasco,
Ilaria Biasato,
Alberto Brugiapaglia,
Federico Sirri,
Marco Zampiga,
Francesco Gai,
Margherita Marzoni,
Silvia Cerolini,
Sihem Dabbou
Affiliations
Valentina Bongiorno
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Achille Schiavone
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Manuela Renna
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Stefano Sartore
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Dominga Soglia
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Paola Sacchi
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Marta Gariglio
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Annelisse Castillo
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Cecilia Mugnai
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Claudio Forte
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Chiara Bianchi
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Silvia Mioletti
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Laura Gasco
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Ilaria Biasato
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Alberto Brugiapaglia
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Federico Sirri
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, BO, Italy
Marco Zampiga
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, BO, Italy
Francesco Gai
Institute of Science of Food Production, National Research Council, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Margherita Marzoni
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, PI, Italy
Silvia Cerolini
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milano, 26900 Lodi, LO, Italy
Sihem Dabbou
Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, TN, Italy
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12030406
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 3
Abstract
Read online
The slaughter performance and meat quality of two native Italian chicken breeds, Bionda Piemontese (BP, n = 64) and Bianca di Saluzzo (BS, n = 64), were investigated. Two-way ANOVA, considering breed, sex, and their interaction, was used to compare the properties of birds slaughtered at 5, 6, 7, and 8 months of age. Subsequently, data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and the Duncan test to evaluate the differences between slaughter ages. The BP breed produced a better carcass yield than BS at 5, 7, and 8 months of age (p p p p p p < 0.05, respectively). In general, slaughtering at 7 months was associated with the best slaughter and meat quality characteristics in both breeds. Moreover, from a nutritional point of view, the characteristics of the meat from male birds were preferable to those of meat from females.
Keywords
WeChat QR code
Close
