BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND ORGANOLEPTIC EVALUATION OF THE NATIVE AND UPGRADED NATIVE CHICKEN

Abstract

The study focused on the evaluation of the Blood glucose and organoleptic
attributes of the progeny of Kabir and native chicken as well as progeny of native
and native chicken. The parameters included in this study were; live and carcass
weight, dressing percentage,
giblets weight, weights of meat cuts, skin and flesh color acceptability, desirability,
intensity, texture, tenderness, juiciness, general acceptability.
Results showed that live and dressed weights between the two F1 crosses
both fasted and non-fasted showed significantly different, with kabir-native cross
showed higher or heavier weights. The result has an economic bearing the fact that
fasting before dressing the chicken can be practiced without compromising the
dressing percentage. The results on meat cuts, data showed significantly higher for
kabir-native F1 cross, except for the weights of heart, wings, head and neck, and
feet which showed no significant difference between the two F1 crosses.
Data on skin color did not vary significantly between the two groups of
progenies. Flesh color of the meat between the two groups differ significantly with
native-native cross significantly higher than the kabir-native cross. Acceptability of
the carcass color is significantly higher for the kabir-native F1 considering its color
combination of pale pink with yellow tinge color which probably contributed
attraction to the meat
The general acceptability results for the two groups of meat ranges from
3.23±0.92 to 3.85±1.15. The Native-native F1 meat samples had significantly higher
than the kabir-native F1 meat samples. The relatively higher sensory scores for
native-native F1 meat except on intensity and tenderness could have contributed to
the overall appraisal of the meat.