TY - JOUR AU - Sabow, Azad AU - Abdulla, Nazim AU - Ahmad, Bestoon PY - 2021/06/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The carcass and meat quality characteristics of Japanese quail fed a diet supplemented with powdered Lactuca seriola leaves JF - Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences JA - Potr. S. J. F. Sci. VL - 15 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.5219/1534 UR - https://potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/1534 SP - 521-527 AB - <p>The present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation with <em>Lactuca serriola</em> leaves on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and its antioxidant stability of Japanese quails. A total of eighty growing quails (1-week old) were distributed into 2 equal groups consisting of 40 birds (5 replicates of 8 birds each). The first group was fed a basal diet without <em>Lactuca serriola</em> leaves (0 g.kg<sup>-1</sup> diet) and the second group received diets containing 20 g.kg<sup>-1</sup> <em>Lactuca serriola</em> leaves. At age of 6 weeks, quails were slaughtered for meat and carcass examinations. The growth performance for the quails fed with <em>Lactuca serriola</em> leaves diet was similar to that of a control group. Carcass measurements, physical properties, and chemical composition of quail breast meat did not differ between the control and experimental group. However, the inclusion of <em>Lactuca serriola</em> leaves significantly increased the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content and improved breast meat lipid stability during postmortem refrigerated storage compared to the control diet. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of <em>Lactuca serriola</em> leaves can improve the performance of Japanese quail enrich its meat with an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, and reduce lipid oxidation during storage.</p> ER -