Comparison of carcass composition by parts and tissues between cocks and capons

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2002
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Tor i Naudí, Marc
Estany Illa, Joan
Villalba Mata, Daniel
Molina Ureste, Ester
Cubiló Travé, M. D. (M. Dolors)
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Tor i Naudí, Marc; Estany Illa, Joan; Villalba Mata, Daniel; Molina Ureste, Ester; Cubiló Travé, M. D. (M. Dolors); . (2002) . Comparison of carcass composition by parts and tissues between cocks and capons. Animal Research, 2002, vol. 51, núm. 5, p. 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:2002035.
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The effect of caponisation on carcass composition by parts and tissues was examined. Twenty-eight castrated and twenty male Penedesenca Negra chicks reared under free-range conditions were slaughtered at 28 weeks of age. The birds were castrated at 4 or 8 weeks. The left sides of the carcasses were quartered (wing, breast, thigh and drumstick), and the parts dissected into the tissue components (skin, subcutaneous fat, intermuscular fat, muscle, bone and tendons). Capons showed more abdominal, intermuscular and subcutaneous fat than the cocks, both at the same slaughter age and at the same weight. The breast and thigh were heavier in the capons than in the cocks. However, the whole muscle mass in the breast was increased by caponisation. This favourable effect was achieved at the expense of decreasing the carcass yield. The age of castration up to 8 weeks did not affect the carcass composition of the parts and tissues.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/30351
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https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:2002035
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Animal Research, 2002, vol. 51, núm. 5, p. 421-431
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