title: Effects of feeding the herb Borreria latifolia on the meat quality of village chickens in Malaysia.
abstract: An experiment was carried out to estimate the meat quality characteristics of village chickens (Gallus gallus) fed diets supplemented with dry leaves of Borreria latifolia (BL) used as a potential antioxidant source in chicken feed. In this study, 252 sexed 9-week-old village chickens with mean live body weight of 1,525.4 g for males and 1,254.1 g for females were divided into 7 groups (each group 18 birds) for each sex represented in 2 experiments. The first experiment was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of BL and the effect on meat quality through a comparison with Rosmarinus officinalis (RO); hence, 3 groups were conducted and included: T1 (control), basal diet without supplementation; T2, basal diet with 1% of BL; T3, basal diet with 1% of RO. T2 and T3 significantly affect pH value, lipid oxidation, cooking loss, and overall acceptability compared to T1, while no significant difference was observed between the dietary groups in respect of drip loss, color, tenderness, fatty acid profile, and meat composition. Furthermore, a significant effect of sex on lipid oxidation, pH, yellowness, and fatty acid profile was observed. There was no significant effect of sex on WHC, tenderness, lightness, redness, and sensory evaluation. A significant influence of postmortem aging period was detected on lipid oxidation, pH, tenderness, cooking loss, and redness. The obtained result in this study revealed a significance in the interaction of herb by sex in pH parameter and between herb and sex, herb by aging period, sex by aging period, and the herb by sex by aging period interactions with regard to lipid oxidation test. The second experiment was to estimate the effect of 3 different levels of BL on meat quality. Four groups were provided and involved: T1 (control), basal diet without supplementation; T2, basal diet with 1.5% of BL; T3, basal diet with 2% of BL; and T4, basal diet with 2.5% of BL. The result of this study showed a significant effect (P < 0.05) of the dietary groups on redness value, sensory evaluation, and lipid oxidation. A significant effect of sex on fatty acid profile and lipid oxidation was detected in addition a significant effect of postmortem aging period on redness, pH, tenderness, cooking loss, and lipid oxidation was noticed. There was no significance in the interaction between herb and sex through pH test while a significance in the interaction between herb and sex, herb  × aging period, sex × aging period, and herb × sex × aging period interactions with regard to lipid oxidation was found. It can be concluded that dietary supplementation of BL improved oxidative stability and enhanced meat quality.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abbood
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia.
authors.forename: Azhar Bin
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kassim
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Putra Malaysia.|Dept. of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: Hasan S A
authors.initials: HSA
authors.lastname: Jawad
authors.affiliation: Halal Products Research Institute, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.|Dept. of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University Putra Malaysia.
authors.forename: Yazid Abdul
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Manap
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia.|Halal Products Research Institute, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.|Institute of Tropical Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Awis Qurni
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Sazili
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D002645:Chickens; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D027542:Rosmarinus; D019666:Rubiaceae; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants
keywords: Borreria latifolia; Rosmarinus officinalis; meat quality; village chicken