Progressive in vivo detection of wooden breast in broilers as affected by dietary energy and protein

Wooden breast (WB) myopathy was investigated in broilers fed varying energy and protein at early ages. Correlation analyses were conducted between echogenicity of ultrasound images (US) of breast muscle from live birds and WB after slaughter. A total of 1,000 Cobb 500 one-day-old male chicks were fe...

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Main Authors: S.L. Vieira, C.T. Simões, L. Kindlein, T.Z. Ferreira, P. Soster, C. Stefanello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121001541