?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=EFFECT+OF+CONVENTIONAL+VERSUS+ORGANIC+METHOD+OF+PRODUCTION+ON+THE+BROILER+CARCASS+AND+MEAT+QUALITY&rft.creator=CASTELLINI%2C+Prof+C&rft.creator=MUGNAI%2C+Dr+C&rft.creator=DAL+BOSCO%2C+Dr+A&rft.subject=+Poultry&rft.description=The+effect+of+the+organic+production+system+on+broiler+carcass+and+meat+quality+was+assessed.+Two+hundred+and+fifty+Ross+male+chickens+were+assigned+to+two+different+systems+of+production%3A+conventional%2C+housing+in+an+indoor+pen+(0.12+m2%2Fbird)%3B+organic%2C+housing+in+an+indoor+pen+(0.12+m2%2Fbird)+with+access+to+a+grass+paddock+(4+m2%2Fbird).+At+56+and+81+days+of+age+twenty+chickens+per+group+were+slaughtered+to+evaluate+the+carcass+traits+and+the+characteristics+of+breast+and+drumstick+muscles+(pectoralis+major+and+peroneus+longus).+The+organic+chickens+had+carcasses+with+a+higher+breast+and+drumstick+percentages+and+lower+level+of+abdominal+fat.+The+muscles+had+lower+pHu+and+water+holding+capacity.+Instead+cooking+loss%2C+lightness+values%2C+shear+values%2C+Fe%2C+polyunsaturated+fatty+acids+of+n-3+series+and+TBA-RS+were+higher.+The+sensory+quality+of+the+breast+muscle+was+better.+Organic+production+system+seems+to+be+a+good+alternative+method%2C+due+to+better+welfare+conditions+and+good+quality+of+the+carcass+and+meat.+A+negative+aspect+was+the+higher+level+of+TBA-RS+in+the+muscles%2C+probably+due+to+greater+physical+activity.+&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F9318%2F1%2Forganic.pdf&rft.identifier=CASTELLINI%2C+Prof+C%3B+MUGNAI%2C+Dr+C+and+DAL+BOSCO%2C+Dr+A+(2002)+EFFECT+OF+CONVENTIONAL+VERSUS+ORGANIC+METHOD+OF+PRODUCTION+ON+THE+BROILER+CARCASS+AND+MEAT+QUALITY.+Meat+Science+(60)%2C+pp.+219-225.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F9318%2F