Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-q99xh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T22:44:42.708Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Influence of a preen gland secretion on growth and meat quality of heavy broilers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

I. Madec ,
P. Pageat ,
L. Bougrat ,
C. Lecuelle-Lafont ,
D. Saffray ,
C. Falewee ,
A. Bollard ,
P. Chabrol  and
J.-F. Gabarrou
I. Madec*
Affiliation:
Pherosynthese, le Rieu Neuf, Saint Saturnin Apt. 84490, France
P. Pageat
Affiliation:
Pherosynthese, le Rieu Neuf, Saint Saturnin Apt. 84490, France
L. Bougrat
Affiliation:
Pherosynthese, le Rieu Neuf, Saint Saturnin Apt. 84490, France
C. Lecuelle-Lafont
Affiliation:
Pherosynthese, le Rieu Neuf, Saint Saturnin Apt. 84490, France
D. Saffray
Affiliation:
Pherosynthese, le Rieu Neuf, Saint Saturnin Apt. 84490, France
C. Falewee
Affiliation:
Pherosynthese, le Rieu Neuf, Saint Saturnin Apt. 84490, France
A. Bollard
Affiliation:
ENV Lyon, Marcy l’Etoile, 69000 Lyon, France
P. Chabrol
Affiliation:
Cabinet Clair Matin, 01000 Bourg en Bresse, France
J.-F. Gabarrou
Affiliation:
EI Purpan75 voie du TOEC BP 5761, 31076 Toulouse Cedex 3, France
*
E-mail: imadec@pherosynthese.com
Get access

Abstract

Preen gland secretions were obtained from several hens that were rearing their chicks and the content of these secretions was analysed. From these results, a synthetic analogue of the secretions was created (given the title Mother Hen Uropygial Secretion Analogue, or MHUSA, in this study). According to a blinded, controlled experimental design, heavy broilers (strain SASSO T56N) were reared from 1 day of age in an environment treated with either MHUSA or control. At 80 days the birds were slaughtered. Post mortemcarcass weight, abdominal fat and fillet weights were then measured. Colour, pH and yield were also measured as indicators of meat quality. Broilers exposed to MHUSA had both higher carcass weights and higher fillet weights compared with control-treated birds (P < 0.05). Abdominal fat, pH, water loss and colorimetry results were similar between the treatment groups at all time points (24 h and 6 days post mortem) and also after a cooking procedure. The meat from the MHUSA birds was less yellow compared with control. It is concluded that constant exposure to MHUSA from rearing until slaughter improves growth rate in broilers without significantly affecting meat quality.

Keywords

broilersgrowthmeat qualitypreen gland
Type
Full Paper
Information
animal , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , April 2008 , pp. 631 - 635
Copyright
Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2008

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Alvarado, CZ, Sams, AR 2002. The role of carcass chilling rate in the development of pale, exudative turkey pectoralis. Poultry Science 81, 1365–1370.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Barbut, S, Zhang, L, Marcone, M 2005. Effects of pale, normal, and dark breast meat on microstructure, extractable proteins and cooking of marinated fillets. Poultry Science 84, 797–802.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Berri, C, Le Bihan-Duval, E, Baeza, E, Chartrin, P, Picgirard, N, Jehl, N, Quentin, M, Picard, M, Duclos, MJ 2005. Further processing characteristics of breast and leg meat from fast-, medium- and slow-growing commercial chickens. Animal Research 54, 123–134.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bianchi, M, Fletcher, DL, Smith, DP 2005. Physical and functional properties of intact and ground pale broiler breast meat. Poultry Science 84, 803–808.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bohnet, S, Rogers, L, Sasaki, G, Kolattukudy, PE 1991. Estradiol induces proliferation of peroxisome-like microbodies and the production of 3-hydroxy fatty acid diesters, the female pheromones, in the uropygial glands of male and female mallards. Journal of Biologyical Chemistry 266, 9795–9804.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Campo, JL, Gil, MG, Dávila, SG, Muñoz, I 2005. Influence of perches and footpath dermatitis on tonic immobility and heterophil to lymphocyte ratio of chickens. Poultry Science 84, 1004–1009.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
El Rammouz, R, Berri, C, Le Bihan-Duval, E, Babilé, R, Fernandez, X 2004. Breed differences in the biochemical determinism of ultimate pH in breast muscles of broiler chickens – a key role of AMP deaminase. Poultry Science 83, 1445–1451.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fletcher, DL 1999. Broilers breast meat colour variation, pH, and texture. Poultry Science 78, 1323–1329.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fletcher, DL, Qiao, M, Smith, DP 2000. The relationship of raw broilers breast meat colour and pH to cooked meat colour and pH. Poultry Science 79, 784–788.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kannan, G, Heath, JL, Wabeck, CJ, Souza, MC, Howe, JC, Mench, JA 1997a. Effects of crating and transport on stress and meat quality characteristics in broilers. Poultry Science 76, 523–529.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kannan, G, Heath, JL, Wabeck, CJ, Mench, JA 1997b. Shackling of broilers: effects on stress responses and breast meat quality. British Poultry Science 38, 323–332.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lin, H, Sui, SJ, Jiao, HC, Buyse, J, Decuypere, E 2006. Impaired development of broiler chickens by stress mimicked by corticosterone exposure. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A: molecular & integrative physiology 143, 400–405.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Madec I, Saffray D, Gabarrou JF, Lafont C, Bougrat L, Gigante J and Pageat P 2005. Comparison of the behaviour of three groups of chickens during their growth. Proceedings of the 5th International Veterinary Behavior Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 78–81.Google Scholar
Madec, I, Pageat, P, Bougrat, L, Saffray, D, Falewee, C, Gervasoni, MA, Bollart, A, Gabarrou, JF 2006. Influence of a semiochemical analogue on growing performances and meat quality of broilers. Poultry Science 85, 2112–2116.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
McGlone, JJ, Anderson, DL 2002. Synthetic maternal pheromone stimulates feeding behaviour and weight gain in weaned pigs. Journal of Animal Sciences 80, 3179–3183.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mehaffey, JM, Pradhan, SP, Meullenet, JF, Emmert, JL, McKee, SR, Owens, CM 2006. Meat quality evaluation of minimally aged broiler breast fillets from five commercial genetic strains. Poultry Science 85, 902–908.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Porter, RH, Picard, M, Arnould, C, Tallet, C 2002. Chemosensory deficits are associated with reduced weight gain in newly hatched chicks. Animal Research 51, 337–345.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Qiao, M, Fletcher, DL, Northcutt, JK, Smith, DP 2002. The relationship between raw broiler breast meat color and composition. Poultry Science 81, 422–427.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Richard-Yris, MA, Garnier, DH, Le boucher, G 1983. Induction of maternal behaviour and some hormonal and physiological correlates in the domestic hen. Hormones and Behavior 17, 345–355.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sandilands, V, Powell, K, Keeling, L, Savory, CJ 2004. Preen gland function in layer fowls: factors affecting preen oil fatty acid composition. British Poultry Science 45, 109–115.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Siegel, HS 1995. Stress, strains and resistance. British Poultry Science 36, 3–22.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Tankson, JD, VizzierThaxton, Y, Thaxton, JP, May, JD, Cameron, JA 2001. Stress and nutritional quality of broilers. Poultry Science 80, 1384–1389.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Woelfel, RL, Owens, CM, Hirschler, EM, Sams, A 2002. The incidence and characterization of pale, soft and exudative chicken meat in a commercial plant. Poultry Science 81, 579–584.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Zerehdaran, S, Vereijken, ALJ, van Arendonk, JAM, van der Waaij, EH 2005. Effects of age and housing system on genetic parameters for broiler carcass traits. Poultry Science 84, 833–838.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Zhang, L, Barbut, S 2005. Rheological characteristics of fresh and frozen PSE, normal and DFD chicken breast meat. British Poultry Science 46, 687–693.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed