STUDIES ON QUANTITATIVE MEAT PRODUCTION OF KABIR POULTRY

Ştefania Elida Jitariuc (Sava), R.M. Radu-Rusu, Al. Usturoi, Roxana Nicoleta Raţu, D.C. Roşca, M.G. Usturoi

Abstract
    The research aimed at evaluating the quantitative production of meat (the yield at slaughter, the weight of the cut regions and the weight of the edible organs) in birds of the Kabir breed (10 males and 10 females) slaughtered at the age of 50 days. The fresh slaughter yield was 68.51% in males and 68.12% in females, with an average of 68.31%; after refrigeration the yield, the average value obtained for the two sexes was 67.62% (67.72% in males and 67.51% in females). Regarding the proportion of the cut parts, the average values obtained for the two sexes were 20.22% for the chest (21.02% for males and 19.41% for females), 24.86% for whole legs (25.92% for males and 23.80% for females), 11.28% for wings (11.47% for males and 11.09% for females) and 43.65% for back (41.59% - male and 45.70% female). The average weights determined for the internal organs were 36.32g in males and 31.83 g in females in the case of liver, 8.31 g in males and 6.34 g in females in that of hearts and respectively, of 31.98 g-males and 29.16 g-females in the case of gizzard. In conclusion, it can be stated that the birds of the Kabir breed slaughtered at the age of 50 realize a satisfactory production of meat, both in terms of the yield at slaughter and the weight of the anatomical regions.