POUL 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shoulder Joint, Air Sacs, Foramen
31 Aug 2017
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Blue: chicken nuggets/tenders- products that are ready to be cooked. (further processed meat) (rte aka ready to eat) Feed conversion is the pounds of feed required to produce one pound of live weight. Feed conversion: feed per pound (~1. 8: feed is 70% of production. Learning how to properly manage the birds. Growing time in decreasing, so you are saving more money. Live weight is increasing, so you are saving more money. Top 3 states in broiler chicken production: georgia, alabama, and arizona. Poultry"s annual contribution to georgia"s economy from farms, processing, furthering, and allied industries is ~ billion. Acrb: athens-canadian random breed (legacy broiler) late 50s. Experimental birds to look at the impact of genetic variation (smaller birds) Chicken provides the most nutrients of all meats, but with the least number of calories: chicken is high protein, low fat. Chicken is naturally low in fat, and removing the skin reduces the already low fat content by nearly half.
