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Wooden breast myopathy links with poorer gait in broiler chickens [PDF]
Animal, 2019 Wooden breast myopathy, a condition where broiler breast muscles show a hardened consistency post-mortem, has been described recently. However, it is not known how wooden breast myopathy affects the bird activity or welfare. Altogether, over 340 birds of
M. Norring +5 more
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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
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Oxidative Stress and Metabolic Perturbations in Wooden Breast Disorder in Chickens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 This study was conducted to characterize metabolic features of the breast muscle (pectoralis major) in chickens affected with the Wooden Breast myopathy.
Behnam Abasht +3 more
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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
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Characterization of wooden breast myopathy: a focus on syndecans and ECM remodeling [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Introduction: The skeletal muscle deformity of commercial chickens (Gallus gallus), known as the wooden breast (WB), is associated with fibrotic myopathy of unknown etiology.
Lucie Pejšková +12 more
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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
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Wooden breast lesions in broiler chickens in the UK [PDF]
Veterinary Record, 2016 A new condition causing significant economic losses due to lesions in the pectoralis major muscle of commercial broiler chickens has been recently reported in Finland. The condition has been named wooden breast and is characterized by its gross and histological appearance.
de Brot, Simone +6 more
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Wooden breast – a novel myopathy recognized in broiler chickens [PDF]
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019 Abstract Abnormally hard breast fillet consistency began to emerge in commercial broiler chickens around 2010. Due to the remarkable muscle hardness, the condition acquired the vernacular name ‘wooden breast myopathy’. This myopathy starts to develop after two weeks of age at the earliest and typically proceeds into chronic ...
Baltić, Milan Ž. +6 more
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Allometric coefficient in broilers and development of white striping and wooden breast myopathies
Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2023 The aim was to study the evolution and severity of white striping and wooden breast myopathies and to carry out a study on the parameters of meat quality and allometric growth of male and female broilers at different ages. The experiment was conducted in
Fernando Alberto Benitez dos Santos +9 more
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Etlik Piliçlerde Odunsu Göğüs Eti ‘Wooden Breast’ Sorunu
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 Breast is a crucial problem in poultry industry.
Ahmet Tekeli +2 more
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