Abstract
AbstractThe present study was conducted at Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi (Pakistan) with the objective of evaluating egg quality, proximate composition and cholesterol content of eggs and meat in Fayoumi (FAY) and commercial (Nick chick) White Leghorn (WLH) breeds of chickens. For this purpose, 64 adult (40 weeks-old) laying hens, 32 each of FAY and WLH breeds were maintained on littered floor in two separate pens under optimal management conditions. The birds were fed ad libitum a balanced layers ration. They had free access to clean and fresh drinking water and were kept under 16 h daily lighting schedule. Egg quality parameters, proximate composition and cholesterol content of eggs were studied for 6 weeks by randomly collecting 3 eggs daily from each breed. Thigh and breast meat samples were obtained from randomly selecting two birds from each breed by slaughtering them at the termination of experiment for determination of proximate composition and cholesterol content. The results show signif...
Highlights
In Pakistan, poultry production sector has been playing a vital role in bridging the gap between supply and requirement of animal protein foods for its ever increasing human population
The frequent consumption of red meat has been associated with increased risks of “coronary heart diseases (CHD)” and colon and other cancers (Larsson & Nicola, 2014)
Fayoumi breed was imported in Pakistan on account of its better growth rate and egg production than the native Desi, its meat yield is low and egg size is smaller than exotic White Leghorn (WLH) chickens (Sahota & Bhatti, 2001)
Summary
In Pakistan, poultry production sector has been playing a vital role in bridging the gap between supply and requirement of animal protein foods for its ever increasing human population. This sector is one of the vibrant segments of agriculture segments of the country (Anonymous, 2012). Desi and Fayoumi (FAY) chickens are kept in Pakistan under rural scavenging conditions for egg and meat production (Sahota & Bhatti, 2001). Fayoumi breed was imported in Pakistan on account of its better growth rate and egg production than the native Desi, its meat yield is low and egg size is smaller than exotic WLH chickens (Sahota & Bhatti, 2001). Keeping this in view the present study was undertaken with the aim of investigating the quality, proximate composition and cholesterol content of eggs and meat of FAY and Commercial WLH breeds in Pakistan
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