Metabolic parameters as indicators of broiler chicken welfare and meat qualify

This thesis aimed to identify metabolic parameters that may be used as indicators for welfare during pre-slaughter treatments and subsequent meat quality in broiler chickens. Because physical pre-slaughter conditions and stress responses increase the energy demand and meat quality is affected by the energy level in the muscle, and because energy is available only in a limited quantity from the moment feed is withdrawn at the farm, metabolic parameters at various levels were measured. Stunning before slaughter and exsanguination cause a rapid depletion of the readily available energy and prevent resupply of energy rich compounds and oxygen, and this causes epileptic and ischemic conditions in the brain. Because such conditions result in brain damage and ultimately in unconsciousness, which is desirable from a welfare perspective, measurement of metabolic failure was studied. Brain impedance recordings were chosen as a means to measure metabolic failure in the brain, which results in a reduction of the extracellular space through failure of the ion pumps in the cell membrane. ...

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