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How the zebra got its stripes: a problem with too many solutions [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2015
The adaptive significance of zebra stripes has thus far eluded understanding. Many explanations have been suggested, including social cohesion, thermoregulation, predation evasion and avoidance of biting flies.
Brenda Larison   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the quality traits of white striped turkey breast by visible/near infra-red spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis

open access: yesItalian Journal of Animal Science, 2020
The appearance of white striations over the breast of chicken and turkey meat is considered as a recent emerging and growing problem. The aim of this research is to investigate the ability of visible-near infra-red (VIS/NIR) spectroscopy to predict the ...
Samer Mudalal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of feeding different histidine to lysine ratios on performance, meat quality, and the occurrence of breast myopathies in broiler chickens

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2022
: In modern fast-growing broiler chickens, meat quality becomes increasingly important due to the occurrence of novel breast myopathies such as white striping (WS), woody breast (WB), and spaghetti meat (SM), compromising the sustainability of the ...
J. Lackner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meat Quality of Broiler Breast Fillets with White Striping and Woody Breast Muscle Myopathies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The global poultry industry has been faced with emerging broiler breast meat quality issues known as white striping and woody breast. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of white striping and woody breast hardness on meat quality traits in
Tijare, Vishwesh Vijay
core   +3 more sources

Wooden breast and white striping: comparative occurrence in three poultry companies

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021
: To increase the amount of meat produced, researchers have promoted intensive genetic selection for growth rate and muscling and have improved nutrition and management conditions.
Sabrina T. Fraga   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Thyme and Oregano Essential Oils Dietary Supplementation on Broiler Health, Growth Performance, and Prevalence of Growth-Related Breast Muscle Abnormalities

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of thyme and oregano essential oils (as growth promotors), individually and in combination, on the health, growth performance, and prevalence of muscle abnormalities in broiler chickens.
Ahmed Zaazaa   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metabolites associated with wooden breast and white striping.

open access: yes, 2022
Top metabolites (q-value < 0.01) associated with wooden breast (closed circles) and white striping (open circles) in male broiler chickens at market age (7 weeks).
Jing Qiu (273902)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Meat quality attributes of male and female broilers from 4 commercial strains processed for 2 market programs

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2023
: In recent times, meat quality has become a key aspect of poultry production. In the current study, 2,400 sex separate broilers from 4 commercial strains were placed in 6 replications to evaluate various meat quality characteristics when grown to 2 ...
C.J. Maynard   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of white striping on turkey breast meat quality

open access: yesAnimal, 2018
In the past decades, the intense selection practices carried out in order to develop fast growing and high breast-yield turkey hybrids profoundly modified the muscle physiology leading to the development of growth-related alterations and muscular ...
F. Soglia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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