Carcass Characteristics of Kadaknath in Comparison to Narmada Nidhi and Jabalpur Colour Chickens
Shashi Bharti *
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Rakhi Vaish
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Nidhi Gupta
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Payal Jain
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
R.P. Singh
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Shashi Tekam
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Diksha Lade
School of Wildlife Forensic and Health, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., Jabalpur, 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The experiment was conducted to investigate meat yield and carcass characteristics of male Kadaknath, Narmada Nidhi and Jabalpur colour chickens at 6 and 10 weeks of age. The present experimental work was conducted on a total of 36 birds of Kadaknath, Narmada Nidhi, and Jabalpur colour. The birds were categorised into two age groups: 6 weeks and 10 weeks of age of Kadaknath (G1 and G2), Narmada Nidhi (G3 and G4) and Jabalpur colour (G5 and G6), respectively, with six birds in each group. Birds were procured from All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Poultry (AICRP), Livestock Farm, Adhartal, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University (NDVSU), Jabalpur (M.P.). All birds were humanely slaughtered by cervical dislocation at the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science & A.H. (CoVSc & A.H.), Jabalpur. Pre-slaughter live weight, slaughter weight, dressed weight and carcass yield with skin were recorded for Kadaknath, Narmada Nidhi, and Jabalpur colour chickens as per standard technique. The live, slaughter, and dressed weights were significantly higher at 10 weeks in all three birds; however, carcass yield with skin % was not significantly different (p<0.05) at 6 and 10 weeks of age in Kadaknath and Narmada nidhi. Carcass yield with skin was not significant among groups G1, G3 and G5. However, at 10 weeks, carcass yield with skin was significantly higher in the Jabalpur colour (G6) (p<0.05) than in the other two breeds.
Keywords: Birds, carcass, Jabalpur, Kadaknath, weight