Growth performance, carcass yield, and quality and chemical traits of meat from commercial korean native ducks with 2-way crossbreeding

This work was conducted to investigate the performance and meat characteristics of commercial Korean native duck (KND). A total of 180 1-d-old ducklings of 2-way crossbreds from A and B lines (from National Institute of Animal Science) were used in this work and divided into 4 groups (3 replicates/g...

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Published in:	ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 28(3) 2015, 28(3), , pp.382-390
Main Authors:	Heo, K N, Hong, E C, Kim, C D, Kim, H K, Lee, M J, Choo, H J, Choi, H C, Mushtaq, M M H, Parvin, R, Kim, J H
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Animal breeding Carcass Quality Domestic animals Duck (Meat) Evaluation Growth Growth Performance Korean Native Duck Meat Meat quality Nutritional aspects Quality Quality management 축산학
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Summary:	This work was conducted to investigate the performance and meat characteristics of commercial Korean native duck (KND). A total of 180 1-d-old ducklings of 2-way crossbreds from A and B lines (from National Institute of Animal Science) were used in this work and divided into 4 groups (3 replicates/group, 15 birds/replicate). The four groups were 4 crossbreds as AA (A line [♀]×A line [♂]), AB (A line [♀]×B line [♂]), BB (Pure line B strains) and BA (B strains [♀]×A strain [♂]). Ducks were fed diets based on corn-soybean meal for 0 to 3 wk (22.4% crude protein [CP], 2,945 kcal/kg metabolizable energy [ME]) and 3 to 8 wk (18.4% CP, 3,047 kcal/kg ME). As a result of this study, average body weight of 4 crossbreds were 625, 1,617, 2,466, and 2,836 g at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks, respectively, and significantly increased over the period of time (p
ISSN:	1011-2367 1976-5517 2765-0235