Seasonal Influence on Meat Quality of Small and Medium Scale Broiler Farming in Bangladesh

2016-03-29T22-02-43Z
Source: International Journal of Livestock Research
Md. Younus Ali, Ashim Kumar Das,Md. Akhtarul Islam, Md.Shariful Islam and Syed Sarwar Jahan*.
The study was undertaken to determine the quality of meat through proximate analysis of broiler farming carried out with and without bio-security management intervention in Rajshai, Pabna and Kishorgonj districts of Bangladesh. A total of 36 broiler meat samples were collected from broiler farmers with considering bio-secured& non bio-secured managed farms during summer and winter seasonsbetween June, 13 to December14 and having 12 meat samples in eachlocations. Categories of farm (bio-secured & non bio-secured) were identified by using measures of bio-security standard which were based on marks. As per bio-security standard of broiler farm, the farms those got above 60 marks treated as bio-secured farms and below 60 marks treated as non-bio-secured farms (out of 100 marks).Data were analyzed using SPSS program and comparisons of results were made between farms with & without bio-secured intervention. No significant differences were found in moisture, crude protein, ash, crude fiber and either extracts among the broiler farm locations. But, between of the two management interventions had a significant effect on proximate parameters. CP, moisture, ash, EE and CF were found higher in bio-secured managed farm in comparison with non bio-secured farm. Average proximate parameters of broiler meat samples in both seasons showed the following composition: moisture 76.09%, CP 20.07%, ash 1.07%, CF 0 .033% and EE 1.05% respectively considering as fresh basis. Overall relatively better meat quality was found in bio-secured managed farms than those of non bio-secured managed farms. Moreover, between the two seasons, in terms of meat quality;CP, ash and EE were found higher in winter in comparison with summer season. It was concluded that satisfactory improve meat quality is achievable from small and medium scale broiler farming at rural household of the farmers if bio-security management intervention is practiced.


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