title: Effects of probiotics feeding on meat quality of chicken breast during postmortem storage.
abstract: This study evaluated the effects of dietary probiotic supplement and postmortem storage on meat quality of chicken breast during retail display. A total of 35 birds were randomly obtained from 3 feeding groups (control without probiotic supplement, 250 ppm Sporulin, and 500 ppm PoultryStar). The probiotic supplement had no influence on feed conversion ratio and body weight gain, as well as body weight at 29 and 44 d (P > 0.05). After slaughter, each side of the breast muscles (M. Pectoralis major) was assigned to either one d or 5 d of postmortem storage. Probiotic supplement had no influence on the rate of pH decline of chicken breast muscles during the initial 6 h postmortem (P > 0.05). No interactions between probiotic supplement and postmortem storage on meat quality were found (P > 0.05). Postmortem storage decreased drip loss from 25.30 to 18.05% (P < 0.05). Probiotics-fed chicken groups, particularly PoultryStar treatment, had a higher myofibrillar fragmentation index than the control group (P < 0.05). However, shear force values were not affected by the probiotic treatments. Decreases in color and lipid stabilities of breast muscles were found during display (P < 0.05), but were not affected by the probiotic supplement (P > 0.05). Our result suggests that probiotic supplement had no adverse impacts on proteolysis and oxidative changes during 5 d postmortem display storage.
authors.affiliation: Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Livestock Behavior Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 bradkim@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Y H B
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary; D061353:Food Storage; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D019936:Probiotics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry*; D011897:Random Allocation
keywords: breast muscle; discoloration; postmortem storage; probiotics; proteolysis