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ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL
卷 84, 期 11, 页码 732-736出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/asj.12079
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broiler; feed; heat stress; meat quality; vitamin E
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary vitamin E (VE) on broiler meat quality, especially focused on PSE (pale color, soft and exudative), under chronic heat stress (HS) conditions. Twenty-eight-day-old female Ross broilers were kept in independent cages with a controlled temperature of 24 degrees C (normal temperature: NT) or 30 degrees C (high temperature: HT). The NT chickens were fed basal feed. The HT chickens were fed basal feed (HT) or VE (200mg/kg) added feed (HT+E). Broilers were weighed and slaughtered at 38 days old. The breast muscle was removed immediately and then the samples were used for determination of meat color, pH, water holding capacity (WHC) and shear force value (SFV). Body weight gain and feed intake were significantly decreased in the HT and HT+E groups compared to the NT group. VE supplementation did not affect the growth performance. Chronic HS at 30 degrees C for 10 days may cause deterioration of meat quality such as PSE. The effects of chronic HS on meat quality were most significant in the toughness of broiler breast meat. Supplementation of VE in broiler feed would be effective to prevent the extent of PSE on broiler meat by chronic HS.
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