Author(s)

Bourbab Mohamed, Idaomar Mohamed

Laboratory of Biology and Health, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of Science, BP 2121. Tétouan Morocco.

The objective of this work is to show the effect of residual blood on the quality of chicken meat, work based on the hypothesis that increasing the concentration of residual blood would explain the observed quality degradation by several authors. Lots of chickens are killed with two different types of slaughter: Slaughter without stunning for a maximum flow of blood or bleeding perfect PS, shooting seals slight lead to keep almost all blood from the carcass or bleeding IS flawed. To prove the residual blood factors that are responsible for high pHu level and high values of (L* A* B*) in poultry, this study compares the pHu level and values of (L* A* B*) in poultry both perfectly and imperfectly bled. Samples from imperfectly bled carcasses show a high value average number of A* = 12.68 and B* = 16.85; and L* = 54.09 VS the average number of A* = 8.50 and B* = 14.43 and L* = 50.27. At 3℃ storage temperature, the average pHu of perfectly bled poultry was (5.7) which was significantly (P < 0.01) lower than the average pHu of imperfectly bled poultry (6.08). At 7℃ storage temperature, the average pHu of perfectly bled poultry was (6.07) which was significantly (P < 0.05) lower than the average pHu of imperfectly bled one (6.27). We found out the effect of season on the results of pHu measures, so we conducted aanalysis of pHu in summer and winter. Residual blood of the poultry is responsible for high values of (L* A* B*) and high values of pHu therefore the deterioration of the poultry Colour.

Meat Quality; Residual Blood; Poultry; Meat Colour; Meat pHu; Perfectly Bled (PS); Imperfectly Bled (IB)

B. Mohamed and I. Mohamed, "The Effects of Residual Blood of Carcasses on Poultry Technological Quality," Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol. 3 No. 10, 2012, pp. 1382-1386. doi: 10.4236/fns.2012.310181.