Abstract
The effect on carcass quality of differential floor, waterer and feeder space treatments was estimated. Measurements on tenderness, cooking loss, moisture content, fat content, texture and color were determined. Results from a sensory taste panel revealed a statistically significant difference in toughness between birds grown in low and high density environments; birds grown under high density conditions exhibited more carcass tenderness. The results of the texture measurements provided supporting evidence as the muscle shearing force requirements were higher for birds from the low density pens; this difference approached significance at the 5% level.Moisture content, color, fat extract and cooking loss were unaffected by the rearing treatments except for feeder space by waterer space interaction for moisture content, and a feeder space effect on meat color which requires further research for substantiation of these results.
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