RT Journal Article
T1 Composition and Physico-Chemical Properties of Meat from Capons Fed Cereals
A1 Díaz Rubio, Olga
A1 Rodríguez Ramírez, Luisana
A1 Torres, Alexandr
A1 Cobos García, Ángel
K1 Castrated male cockerel
K1 Feeding
K1 Meat quality
K1 Fatty acids
AB Chemical composition, physico-chemical properties and fatty acid composition of breast and drumstick meat from capons (castrated male cockerels) fed cereals were studied. Three groups of capons were reared. One group was fed ad libitum the same commercial diet until the 4th mon of life. The last month of its life, the capons of this group were fed corn. The second and third group of capons were fed the same diet from caponization. The second group was fed mixture of corn (50%) and wheat (50%). The third group of capons was fed 2/3 corn and 1/3 mixture of corn (50%) and barley (50%). Capons were reared under free-range conditions and slaughtered at 150 d of age. Caponization was performed at 48 d. No significant effects of feeding in chemical composition, pH, water holding capacity, drip and cooking losses and texture of the meat were observed. The meat of the third group (capons fed 83% corn) was more yellow and showed higher content of C18:2 than that of the other capons
PB Elsevier
SN 2095-3119
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24279
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24279
LA eng
NO Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages 1953-1960
NO This study was financially supported by project PGIDIT04RAG012E (Consellería de Innovación, Industria e Comercio da Xunta de Galicia and Asociación de Criadores de Capón de Vilalba, Spain)
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026