Research Note: Quality parameters of turkey hens breast fillets detected in processing plant with deep pectoral myopathy and white striping anomaly

Autor(es)

Giampietro-Ganeco, Aline ; Fidelis, Heloisa de Almeida ; Cavalcanti, Erika Nayara ; Malagoli Mello, Juliana Lolli ; Borba, Hirasilva ; de Souza, Rodrigo Alves ; Carvalho, Larissa Tatero ; de Souza, Pedro Alves ; Trindade, Marco Antonio

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: POULTRY SCIENCE; v. 101, n. 4, p. 5-pg., 2022-04-01.

Resumo

The increase in the consumption of poultry meat intensified production, which allowed the emergence of myopathies associated with broiler and turkey meat. The aim to examine possible quality alterations in the 240 Pectoralis major muscle (breast fillets) from carcasses of turkey breeder hens. Regarding DPM, 120 samples of breast fillets from turkey of the Nicholas strain with Pectoralis minor muscle together were selected according to the occurrence of the myopathy in the Pectoralis minor muscle (tender), as follows: DPM score 2 (n = 40), DPM score 3 (n = 40), and a control group unaffected by DPM, score 0 (n = 40). Then, different 120 samples, from the same flock of birds, were selected according to White Striping (WS) anomaly in the Pectoralis major muscle (breast fillets), considering the degree of severity of the striations apparent in the muscle, as follows: moderate (n = 40), severe (n = 40) and a control group (normal) without the presence of WS anomaly (n = 40), with set up as a completely random- ized design with 3 treatments for DPM and WS. We evaluated in meat of turkey breeder hens color, waterholding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL), shear force (SF), sarcomere length (SL) and total, soluble and insoluble collagen contents. The color parameters lightness (L*), redness (a*), and yellowness (b*) of turkey breeder hens breast fillets were altered by the occurrence of DPM and WS and as except CL, there were a difference for WHC and SF (P < 0.05). Significant differences were observed for sarcomere length (P < 0.05) between fillets without myopathies and with DPM Score 2 and 3 too. Higher values of total collagen (%) were observed for the most severe category of involvement for both myopathies. The DPM and WS affect the color and in a partial reduction texture of the breast fillets meat of turkey breeder hens and this may have a negative economic impact on the meat industry, because these are the main points evaluated by the consumer, in the most value commercial cut. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/06900-7 - Qualidade da carne do músculo pectoralis major de frangos de corte e perus acometidos pela miopatia peitoral profunda
• Beneficiário: Aline Giampietro Ganeco
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 19/09707-6 - Qualidade da carne e miopatias musculares de frangos de corte em múltiplos segmentos de mercado
• Beneficiário: Aline Giampietro Ganeco
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado