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Raphulu, Thomas
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dc.contributor.author |
Jansen van Rensburg, Christine
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dc.contributor.author |
Coertze, R.J. (Roelof Johannes)
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-07-02T06:37:07Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-07-02T06:37:07Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015-05 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Four Venda indigenous scavenging (VIS) chickens (one young male and one young female of 10–16 weeks of age,
a mature cockerel and a mature hen) were randomly purchased from each of six adjacent rural villages during three
different seasons (autumn, winter and spring) to determine the meat yield and carcass chemical composition. A total
of 72 chickens were slaughtered and feathers, head, neck, viscera, feet and lungs were removed. The live body weight,
dressed carcass weight and also the mass of the breast without wings, thighs and drumsticks were recorded with bones
and skin. The muscle tissues of the breast and both legs without tendons and fat were sampled for chemical analysis
and were analysed for dry matter, ether extract, crude protein and ash. The carcass weight, dressing %, mass of the
breast, mass of the thighs, mass of the drumsticks, breast yield, thighs yield and drumsticks yield of both grower
and adult VIS chickens were not influenced by season. The crude protein of the grower chickens breast muscles and
fat content of the adult chicken leg muscles differed with season. The meat from VIS chickens provided a constant
nutrient (crude protein) supply throughout the year to the rural communities. |
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hb2015 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
National Research Foundation
(NRF) |
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http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Raphulu, T, Van Rensburg, CJ & Coertze, RJ 2015, 'Carcass composition of Venda indigenous scavenging chickens under village management', Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 27-35. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1612-9830 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2363-6033 (online) |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45858 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Kassel University Press |
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dc.rights |
Open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International License CC BY-NC-ND http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0. |
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dc.subject |
Season |
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dc.subject |
Gender |
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dc.subject |
Meat yield |
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dc.subject |
Chemical composition |
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dc.subject |
Venda indigenous scavenging (VIS) chickens |
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dc.title |
Carcass composition of Venda indigenous scavenging chickens under village management |
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dc.type |
Article |
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