Abstract:Woody breast (WB) myopathy is a major muscle abnormality in chicken fillets, causing excessive hardness and chewiness. The WB condition can potentially cause big economical losses in the poultry industry by decreasing meat quality, increasing waste, degrading nutritional content, and reducing customer satisfaction. A histological technique using a light microscope has been the gold standard to characterize the sub-surface properties of the muscle with the WB condition, which is destructive, costly, time-consum… Show more
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