of poultry carcasses. The characteristics of poultry and the processing and handling conditions after slaughter result in very high levels of micro-organisms, including some pathogens, in this type of meat.



Material and Method: The bactericidal...

Campylobacter

had no significant effects on FCR. Pancreases, neck and bursa relative weight and carcass percentage in 21 d and neck, gizzard and thymus weight in 42 d significantly increased with higher levels of caffeine. It was concluded...

carcasses.

Matrials and Method: A total of 100 samples, were taken from poultry carcasses which

were prepared for packaging at a commercial broiler slaughtering facility in Mashhad,

representing 10 broiler flocks, using rinse test method...

1. A study was conducted to evaluate the carcass composition of 1083 live birds using ultrasonic and morphological measurements and to estimate the genetic relationship between predicted and dissected carcass composition in Japanese quail.

2...

This experiment was carried out to evaluate different levels of peppermint (Mentha piperita) plant powder usage on feed conversion ratio (FCR), body weight (BW), feed intake (FI), body temperature, carcass parts (breast and thigh) and internal...

birds exhibited a poorer FCR during 1-42 or 49 and/or 56 day. The performance parameters in male chicks were significantly better than of female chicks. Carcass fat content of the R0 treated birds was significantly lower than that of control or other...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different dietary levels of Pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium L.) essential oil (PEO), probiotic (Bioplus 2B) and antibiotic (Flavophospholipol) on performance, carcass characteristics...