Cardiac implications of chicken wooden breast myopathy [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyIntroductionWooden breast disease is a myopathy of the skeletal muscle in chickens of commercial breeding. Although the underlying pathophysiology remains unknown, we and others have previously shown that affected broilers display varying degrees of ...
Thea Parsberg Støle +13 more
doaj +5 more sources
Identification of circulating metabolites associated with wooden breast and white striping [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Current diagnostic methods for wooden breast and white striping, common breast muscle myopathies of modern commercial broiler chickens, rely on subjective examinations of the pectoralis major muscle, time-consuming microscopy, or expensive imaging ...
Juniper A. Lake +5 more
doaj +5 more sources
Metabolomic Analysis of Wooden Breast Myopathy Shows a Disturbed Lipid Metabolism [PDF]
Metabolites, 2022 Myopathies have risen strongly in recent years, likely linked to selection for appetite. For white striping (WS), causes have been identified; but for wooden breast (WB), the cause remains speculative.
Gavin M. Boerboom +2 more
doaj +4 more sources
Effect of freezing on the quality of breast meat from broilers affected by wooden breast myopathy [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2023 : The objective of the present study was to characterize possible variations in the quality of wooden chicken breast meat during freezing for 12 mo, in order to prove whether the shelf life recommended by the industry allows the storage of that type of ...
Erick Alonso Villegas-Cayllahua +12 more
doaj +4 more sources
Wooden Breast Problem in Broiler Chickens
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2016 The present study is designed to attract attention to macroscobic and microscobic findings, causes and economic losses of wooden breast which is a significant muscle problem leading to visual and sensory differences in poultry breast meat quality. Wooden
Ahmet Tekeli +2 more
doaj +6 more sources
Development of Imaging System for Online Detection of Chicken Meat with Wooden Breast Condition [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 In recent years, the wooden breast condition has emerged as a major meat quality defect in the poultry industry worldwide. Broiler pectoralis major muscle with the wooden breast condition is characterized by hardness upon human palpation, which can lead ...
Seung-Chul Yoon +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Effects of Wooden Breast Syndrome in Broiler Chicken on Sarcoplasmic, Myofibrillar, and Connective Tissue Proteins and Their Association with Muscle Fiber Area [PDF]
Foods, 2023 This study was conducted on chicken pectoralis major muscle with different wooden breast severity in combination with different sampling locations to investigate the effects of wooden breast syndrome on protein traits and total myofiber area, and their ...
Binbin Li +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Ultrasonic-Assisted tumbling improves water retention and tenderness of wooden breast chicken meat [PDF]
Ultrasonics SonochemistryWooden breast myopathy results in reduced meat tenderness, poor water retention, and diminished processing value, underscoring the urgency to mitigate economic losses caused by the deteriorated quality of wooden chicken breast.
Yanyan Lu +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Sarcomere lengths in wooden breast broiler chickens [PDF]
Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2020 The present study aims to measure the sarcomere lengths in normal broiler muscles and in non-lesion sites of breast muscles focally affected by Wooden Breast (WB).
Francesca Soglia +2 more
doaj +4 more sources
Effect of Aging on the Quality of Breast Meat from Broilers Affected by Wooden Breast Myopathy [PDF]
Animals, 2021 This study aimed to evaluate the effects of aging on the quality of breast meat from broilers affected of wooden breast. Samples that were classified as normal (control), moderate (hardness verified only in one region of breast fillet), and severe ...
Rodrigo Fortunato de Oliveira +11 more
doaj +5 more sources