Vol. 9, Special Issue 4, Part C (2024)

Author(s): Dr. M Muthulakshmi, R Rajkumar, P Nalini, M Pradeep and S Dhivya Priya

Abstract: A study was carried out to assess the quality of dog biscuits incorporated with chicken processing by products. Two types of biscuits were prepared. One was control and the treated was chicken skin incorporated biscuits. Prepared biscuit physicochemical, nutritional and dog acceptability studies were conducted. A significant difference (p<0.05) was observed in the spread factor of control and treated biscuits. The control and treated biscuits moisture, protein, fat and ash content percentage was 5.11±0.17 and 4.90 ±0.00; 20.45±0.32 and 16.62 ±0.14; 16.65±0.13 and 18.23±0.12 and 2.98 ±0.02 and 3.08 ±0.04, respectively. Dog biscuits incorporated with chicken skin were well accepted by dogs. Based on the study results, protein-rich dog biscuits were developed and biscuits were well accepted by dogs.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2024.v9.i4Sc.1597