Meat yield in Turkeys
- 8 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 19 (6) , 755-763
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071667808416540
Abstract
1. Live‐weight and carcass components of three strains of commercial turkeys were compared: males were slaughtered at fortnightly intervals from 12 to 24 weeks of age and females from 12 to 18 weeks. 2. Age, live‐weight and sex had major effects but, once these factors had been allowed for, little or no residual variation in the carcass components remained. For this reason the question is posed whether con‐formation per se has a major effect on yield. 3. The study yielded data which should be of value in exercises attempting to optimise production systems.Keywords
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