TY  - JOUR
AU  - Janković, L.J.
AU  - Petrujkić, Branko
AU  - Aleksić, N.
AU  - Vucinić, M.
AU  - Teodorović, R.
AU  - Karabasil, Nedjeljko
AU  - Relić, Renata
AU  - Drasković, V.
AU  - Nenadović, K.
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5400
AB  - The aim of the research was to evaluate the carcass characteristics and meat quality from chickens fed on diets in which fish meal was substituted with raw earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus) or earthworm meal. In the trial which lasted 42-days, 100 one-day-old Hybro broilers were divided into the control and three experimental groups. The control group was fed on standard broiler feed, the first (E-I) and the second experimental groups (E-II) were fed a diet in which 50% or 100% of fish meal was substituted with earthworm meal, respectively, whilst the third group (E-III) consumed feed without fish meal, but was given raw chopped earthworms ad libitum from day 1 to day 42. The replacement of fish meal with fresh earthworms resulted in significantly lower carcass weights in the E-III group in comparison with the control group (p lt 0.05). The differences in drumstick, thigh and breast meat share relative to the carcass mass were not significant (p>0.05). The lowest fat content in thigh and breast meat was in the group in which fish meal was replaced with earthworm meal. The lightness (L*) of thigh and breast meat was highest in the broilers fed fresh earthworms ad libitum. No significant differences in pH value were detected between the experimental groups (p>0.05). The most consumer acceptable were drumstick samples from E-II group and the least acceptable samples from the control group. Earthworm meal may be considered an adequate substitute for fish meal in broiler chickens' diet since it does not impair the production performance, carcass yield and meat quality.
PB  - Hellenic Veterinary Medical Soc, Athens
T2  - Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society
T1  - Carcass characteristics and meat quality of broilers fed on earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) meal
EP  - 2040
IS  - 1
SP  - 2031
VL  - 71
DO  - 10.12681/jhvms.22953
ER  - 

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author = "Janković, L.J. and Petrujkić, Branko and Aleksić, N. and Vucinić, M. and Teodorović, R. and Karabasil, Nedjeljko and Relić, Renata and Drasković, V. and Nenadović, K.",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The aim of the research was to evaluate the carcass characteristics and meat quality from chickens fed on diets in which fish meal was substituted with raw earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus) or earthworm meal. In the trial which lasted 42-days, 100 one-day-old Hybro broilers were divided into the control and three experimental groups. The control group was fed on standard broiler feed, the first (E-I) and the second experimental groups (E-II) were fed a diet in which 50% or 100% of fish meal was substituted with earthworm meal, respectively, whilst the third group (E-III) consumed feed without fish meal, but was given raw chopped earthworms ad libitum from day 1 to day 42. The replacement of fish meal with fresh earthworms resulted in significantly lower carcass weights in the E-III group in comparison with the control group (p lt 0.05). The differences in drumstick, thigh and breast meat share relative to the carcass mass were not significant (p>0.05). The lowest fat content in thigh and breast meat was in the group in which fish meal was replaced with earthworm meal. The lightness (L*) of thigh and breast meat was highest in the broilers fed fresh earthworms ad libitum. No significant differences in pH value were detected between the experimental groups (p>0.05). The most consumer acceptable were drumstick samples from E-II group and the least acceptable samples from the control group. Earthworm meal may be considered an adequate substitute for fish meal in broiler chickens' diet since it does not impair the production performance, carcass yield and meat quality.",
publisher = "Hellenic Veterinary Medical Soc, Athens",
journal = "Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society",
title = "Carcass characteristics and meat quality of broilers fed on earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) meal",
pages = "2040-2031",
number = "1",
volume = "71",
doi = "10.12681/jhvms.22953"
}

Janković, L.J., Petrujkić, B., Aleksić, N., Vucinić, M., Teodorović, R., Karabasil, N., Relić, R., Drasković, V.,& Nenadović, K.. (2020). Carcass characteristics and meat quality of broilers fed on earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) meal. in Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society
Hellenic Veterinary Medical Soc, Athens., 71(1), 2031-2040.
https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.22953

Janković L, Petrujkić B, Aleksić N, Vucinić M, Teodorović R, Karabasil N, Relić R, Drasković V, Nenadović K. Carcass characteristics and meat quality of broilers fed on earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) meal. in Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society. 2020;71(1):2031-2040.
doi:10.12681/jhvms.22953 .

Janković, L.J., Petrujkić, Branko, Aleksić, N., Vucinić, M., Teodorović, R., Karabasil, Nedjeljko, Relić, Renata, Drasković, V., Nenadović, K., "Carcass characteristics and meat quality of broilers fed on earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) meal" in Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 71, no. 1 (2020):2031-2040,
https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.22953 . .