Effect of Varying Levels of Dietary Energy on Proximate Composition in Breast Meat of Native Chicken

Author: Kumaravel V.*, B. Mohan, A. Natarajan, N. Murali, P. Selvaraj and P. Vasanthakumar

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Abstract

Native chickens are reared under intensive system to meet out the demand for their meat and eggs. The optimum requirement of nutrients for profitable intensive farming besides gratify the perceived qualities and unique characteristics of native chicken. The present study was performed to study the effect of dietary levels of energy on breast meat proximate composition of Aseel native chicken under intensive system of management. Five experimental diets were formulated having energy levels of (ME) i.e., 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900 and 3000 kcal/kg with an iso-nitrogenous crude protein (CP) of 21 %. A total of 400-day old Aseel chicken chicks were randomly divided into five groups of eight replicates (four male and four female), each of 10 chicks. At the end of 15 weeks of the experiment, breast muscle samples were harvested for proximate analysis and data were subjected to statistical analysis. The increased energy level in T5 group (3000 ME kcal/kg) had significantly reduced crude protein p

Keywords

Aseel native chicken, breast meat composition, energy density

Conclusion

The varying energy diets had significant effect on fat and ash content in breast meat of Aseel chicken. The reduced fat per cent and increased ash content in breast meat was observed in T4 (2900 ME kcal/kg) group of male chicken. The increased fat, protein per cent and ash content in breast meat was observed in T2 (2600 ME kcal/kg) group of female Aseel chicken. These results indicating that an appropriate energy level may be chosen while formulating diet for male and female Aseel native chicken to enhance the nutritive value and quality of meat. Further studies are warranted on influence of various dietary nutrients on fatty acid profile, mineral content and other nutrient composition of native chicken meat.

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Kumaravel, V., Mohan, B., Natarajan, A., Murali, N., Selvaraj, P. and Vasanthakumar, P. (2021). Effect of varying levels of dietary energy on proximate composition in breast meat of native chicken. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 5