Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part I (2024)

Author(s): G Gawdaman and M Sutha

Abstract: The influence of breed and sex on carcass characteristics, cut up parts, and percentage yield of meat, bone and skin was studied in three breeds of chicken. A total of 20 birds each of Australorp, Nacked neck and White cornish were maintained under deep litter system for 64 weeks. The randomly selected bird’s carcasses were cut into different parts and deboned manually. The parameters studied were live, bled, picked, eviscerated and dressed weight, head and shank weight, giblet weight, cut up parts (Neck, wings, breast, back, thigh and drumstick) and meat, bone, skin yield. The resulting weight of the cut-up parts showed that male birds were significantly higher than that of female birds (p<0.01). Regarding all the parameters studied, male was found to be significantly (p<0.01) differed from female for carcass characteristics, cut up parts and meat, bone, skin yield. Among the three different poultry breeds the White cornish male had recorded the highest carcass characteristics than Nacked neck and Australorp.