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The effects of an organic rearing system and dietary supplementation of an essential oil mixture on performance and meat yield of slow-growing broilers in two seasons

  • 2014
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 44
K. Küçükyılmaz, M. Bozkurt, M. Çınar, A.U. Çatlı, E. Bintaş & R. Erkek Page: 360 - 370

In this study, performance and carcass characteristics of slow-growing broiler chicks, reared in organic or conventional systems, and fed a diet with an essential oil mixture (EOM, 48 mg/kg diet), were evaluated in the autumn and spring seasons. The rearing…

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The performance and meat quality of Bonsmara steers raised in a feedlot, on conventional pastures or on organic pastures

  • 2008
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 38
J. Esterhuizen, I.B. Groenewald, P.E. Strydom and A. Hugo Page: 303 - 314

The effects of production system (feeding regime and time on feed) on growth performance, yield and economics and the effects of feeding regime, pre-slaughter treatment and electrical stimulation on meat quality were evaluated. Sixty Bonsmara steers were divided into three…

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