Studies on growth, carcass and meat quality traits in Aseel crosses suitable for small scale intensive broiler farming

Presently a number of chemical fertilizers are being used which are not only expensive but are also environment threatening. There is a need to replace these fertilizers by biofertilizers. Adsorbent were prepared from waste bones for the waste water treatment. Various bone samples were collected and calcinated to produce biofertilizer and adsorbent. Total carbon (TC) and total nitrogen (TN) were analyzed. The broiler chicken bone-based biofertilizer has the lowest amount of TC and TN (TC = 33 and TN = 5.5 g/Kg) and also the lowest macro-elements; Ca = 55, P = 26, K = 2.5, and Mg = 0.83 g/Kg. All samples were used for the growth of kidney bean plant. After 5 weeks, the highest growth was observed for buffalo bone-based fertilizer and the lowest for broiler bone-based fertilizer. In the present study, the calcinated bones material was also used as nano-adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals from the artificial wastewater. All nano-adsorbent samples showed maximum efficiency at 100 ppm, while maximum removal was at 6 h. The highest removal efficiency was obtained for buffalo bone-based nano-adsorbent (As = 60% and Pb = 75%), and the lowest removal efficiency was obtained for broiler bone-based nano-adsorbent (As = 36% and Pb = 47%). The calcinated animal bones were analyzed using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (FAAS), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), chemical tests and antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST). This research can play an important role for the promotion of agricultural crops and for wastewater treatment using nano-technology.

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Physico-chemical, sensory, and microbiological quality of raw chicken meat: an exploratory study in the Hisar city of Haryana, India

Bhawana,

Malik,

Raposo

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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A survey was conducted in Hisar, located in Haryana, India, to assess the quality of raw chicken meat. To ensure comprehensive coverage, healthy broiler chickens were obtained from various meat retail outlets in Hisar city, encompassing the majority of such establishments. Additionally, a sample of control chickens was obtained from the Livestock Farm, College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar, Haryana, India. The raw chicken meat was grouped into two categories, breast cut and thigh cut. The breast muscles, which include pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, and the thigh muscles, which include the abductor muscles, were chosen as the samples for proximate analysis, which included physico-chemical, sensory, and microbiological analyses of raw chicken meat. The analysis of the raw meat in the laboratory revealed inconsistent variations between the control and retail samples in terms of parameters, such as proximate composition, pH, the water-holding capacity (WHC), thiobarbituric acid (TBA), instrumental color analysis, and sensory evaluation. The moisture content of the control breast sample was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of the samples from shops 2, 3, and 5. However, it was statistically similar to that of the samples from shops 1, 4, and 6. The total plate and psychrotrophic counts of the control thigh sample were significantly lower than those of the samples from shops 3, 4, 5, and 6. Among the thigh pH values, the samples from shops 1, 2, 5, and 6 had significantly higher pH values than the control sample. The variations in the various parameters were multifactorial and established the superiority of birds slaughtered under laboratory conditions and grown in university farms compared to the raw chicken meat available in retail outlets in Hisar city.

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Studies on growth, carcass and meat quality traits in Aseel crosses suitable for small scale intensive broiler farming

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Physico-chemical, sensory, and microbiological quality of raw chicken meat: an exploratory study in the Hisar city of Haryana, India

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