OPTIMUM DURATION OF FEED AND WATER REMOVAL PRIOR TO PROCESSING IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FECAL CONTAMINATION IN TURKEYS

Authors
DUKE GE BASHA M NOLL S
Citation
Ge. Duke et al., OPTIMUM DURATION OF FEED AND WATER REMOVAL PRIOR TO PROCESSING IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FECAL CONTAMINATION IN TURKEYS, Poultry science, 76(3), 1997, pp. 516-522
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
Poultry science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325791
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
516 - 522
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5791(1997)76:3<516:ODOFAW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Feed and water withdrawal (FWW) prior to processing of poultry is an e fficient and commonly employed method to attempt to reduce contaminati on of carcasses by contents of the gastrointestinal tract during proce ssing. This study indicated that 4 h of FWW is as good as 8 or 12 h in reducing both water and dry matter content of the tract of market age turkeys of both sexes. This duration of FWW also minimizes shrinkage of the carcass.