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{"title":"Effect of grinding method and extent of pelleting of broiler diets on performance, feeding behaviour and digestive tract functionality.","authors":"S Dhakal, H Hetland, B Svihus","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2405208","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2405208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. An experiment was carried out to examine if a heterogeneous diet consisting of pellets and coarse cereal particles would result in a similar feed intake to pelleted-only diets. It also considered whether coarser particles entering the gizzard would encourage the development of the gizzard and thus improve digestive tract functionality. Maize and wheat were hammer milled through a 3 mm screen after coarse grinding using either one of the two screens with a novel pattern. Three pellet-only diets were produced based on three grinding sizes. Additionally, four diets were produced by separating coarse cereal particles from moderately coarse particles by sieving either once or twice, pelleting the remainder and finally mixing these into a complete heterogeneous diet.2. No difference in performance between birds fed the three pelleted-only diets was observed. However, heterogeneous diets resulted in a lower feed intake (FI) and weight gain (WG) than pelleted-only diets (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The dietary treatments neither affected the feed conversion ratio nor ileal digestibility of starch and protein (<i>p</i> > 0.05). As expected, feeding a heterogeneous diets increased (<i>p</i> < 0.05) the relative weight of the gizzard and its contents. Approximately 50% of the particles in the small intestine were between 0.15 mm and 0.36 mm in diameter, with more fine particles observed when the pelleted-only diets containing coarsely ground cereals were fed, confirming the capacity of the gizzard to finely grind feed.3. Sieving of the diet remaining in the feeder during 4 h of feeding two of the heterogeneous diets showed that the particles > 2.8 mm disappeared first (<i>p</i> < 0.05), showing the birds' preference for larger particles when offered heterogeneous diets. Although the birds were able to handle the coarse microstructure of the diets without any negative effects, the reduced performance in the case of heterogeneous diets might have been related to feed intake issues and particle selection, resulting in an imbalance in nutrient intake.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"227-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of two diet types in reduced-crude protein diets with or without phytase supplementation - implications on key phenotypic responses in 21-day-old broiler chickens.","authors":"O A Olukosi, H Philippi, S Veluri, B Kasireddy, A M Ajao, M Pilevar, I W Oluseyifunmi","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2412136","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2412136","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Two concurrent experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of using the crude protein (CP) value of supplemental amino acids (AA) in formulating reduced-crude protein (RCP) diets. The RCP diets formulated without accounting for CP values of supplemental AA (RCPN) or otherwise (RCPY) or a positive control (PC) diet were fed without (Experiment 1) or with (Experiment 2) phytase.2. Each experiment utilised 105 male broiler chicks. Birds were provided a common starter diet from d 0-7. On d 21, ileal digesta were collected from the distal half of the ileum. For mRNA expression analysis, tissues were collected from the mid-jejunum and the liver. Excreta grab samples were collected for analysis for N content.3. In Experiment 1, there was a stepwise decrease (<i>p</i> < 0.01) in weight gain and excreta N for birds receiving PC, RCPN and RCPY diets. The coefficients of ileal digestibility of His, Leu, Phe and Trp were greater (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in birds that received RCPY rather than the PC diets. The relative mRNA expression of CAT1 was greater (<i>p</i> < 0.05) for birds that received the PC diet.4. In Experiment 2, growth performance and excreta N were not different between the PC and RCPN diets, but weight gain, feed intake and excreta N were greater (<i>p</i> < 0.01) in birds receiving PC or RCPN diets. The coefficients of digestibility were greater (<i>p</i> < 0.01) in RCP than PC diets for Lys, Thr, Cys, Gly and Ser. The mRNA expression for S6kinase and PRKAβ2 was greater (<i>p</i> < 0.05) for birds fed RCPN compared to PC.5. In conclusion, accounting for the N content of supplemental AA during feed formulation for RCP diets will influence the effect of CP reduction on growth performance and ileal amino acid digestibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"256-265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142458547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consensus gene co-expression analysis across multiple intestinal tissues to identify key genes and pathways associated with abdominal fat deposition in broilers.","authors":"S Wang, Y Liu, S Liu, Z Qin, J Lu, R Zhang, H Yuan","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410367","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Abdominal fat deposition (AFD) is regulated by multiple intestinal tissues, and changes in the function of intestinal tissues are associated with AFD. Currently, integration of transcriptomic data across multiple intestinal tissues to explore excessive AFD has rarely been reported in broilers.2. In this study, a consensus gene co-expression network across the duodenum, jejunum, ileum and caecum of high- and low-abdominal fat broiler lines (HL and LL) was constructed using a publicly available transcriptomic data set. Combining the results of functional enrichment analyses and differential gene expression analyses, this investigated the genes and biological pathways across the four intestinal tissues that might influence AFD.3. In one expression module, <i>NDUFA5</i>, <i>NDUFS6</i>, <i>NDUFA4</i>, <i>NDUFS4</i>, <i>ATP5H</i>, <i>ATP5J</i> and <i>ATP5C1</i> were significantly enriched in the oxidative phosphorylation pathway, with <i>GPX2</i> and <i>GSR</i> significantly enriched in the glutathione metabolism pathway. These genes were significantly downregulated in the four intestinal tissues of the HL compared to LL chickens, which may be associated with AFD by increasing intestinal permeability.4. Lipid metabolism relevant genes were identified in other modules (<i>ALDH7A1</i>, <i>ACSBG1</i>, <i>THEM4</i> and <i>DECR1</i>), which may be linked to AFD through regulation of lipid metabolism. Interestingly, in the first module, 12 genes were significantly enriched in the proteasome pathway and significantly downregulated in the four intestinal tissues in HL birds compared to LL birds, indicating a link between the proteasome and AFD.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"155-165"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142495553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of calcium pidolate on performance, carcass traits, bone biomechanical properties and mineralisation and jejunum histomorphology in broilers.","authors":"E T Gül","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410366","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410366","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The current study was conducted to determine the effect of dietary calcium pidolate (CalP) on performance, slaughtering characteristics, bone biomechanical properties, mineralisation and jejunum histomorphology in male broilers. A total of 200 one-day-old Ross 308 male chicks were randomly assigned to one of four treatments as five pen replicates, each containing 10 chicks. The basal diet without CalP was formulated to supply the nutritional needs of broilers and the treatment diets contained 0.30, 0.45 and 0.60 g/kg CalP, with limestone meeting the remaining calcium requirement.2. The addition of CalP had a quadratic effect on performance (P < 0.05) and the best performance was achieved in the group that included CalP at a dose of 0.45 g/kg but 0.60 g/kg level worsened performance. Supplementing with CalP linearly decreased carcass yield (P < 0.01) and relative breast weight (P ≤ 0.05) but the relative thigh weight increased quadratically (P < 0.05) and reached a maximum at 0.45 g/kg.3. Tibia shear force and stress linearly increased with the use of CalP in the diet (P < 0.05). Supplementation had a quadratic effect on tibial calcium (P < 0.01), reaching a maximum at 0.30 g/kg, although tibial phosphorus levels decreased linearly (P < 0.01).4. The effect of CalP on jejunum histomorphology fluctuated and, compared to the unsupplemented control group, the villus height/crypt depth ratio increased, while the other variables decreased (P < 0.05). Decrease in crypt depth with the addition of CalP was significant (P < 0.05).5. Using Ca-pidolate at a rate of 0.45 g/kg in broiler diets is sufficient to increase performance and tibia strength but 0.60 g/kg level negatively affected performance. In addition, the results of jejunum histomorphology were variable, but the crypt depth decreased with CalP levels and this is an important effect. However, further research is needed to detail the effect of CalP on broilers.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"238-244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142495556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pharmacokinetics of tolfenamic acid in ducks (<i>Anas platyrhynchos domestica</i>) after different administration routes.","authors":"D Durna Corum, O Corum, K Uney, E Turk, F Sakin, M Giorgi","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410365","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The objective of this research was to compare the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of tolfenamic acid, analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory compound, after administration through different routes to Pekin ducks. The investigation was carried out over four time periods using a randomised cross-pharmacokinetic design.2. Tolfenamic acid was administered to ducks intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously and orally at a dose of 2 mg/kg. Tolfenamic acid analysis was performed using HPLC-UV and pharmacokinetic data were conducted by non-compartmental analysis.3. The total clearance, volume of distribution at steady state and terminal elimination half-life after intravenous administration were 0.14 l/h/kg, 0.29 l/kg and 1.80 h, respectively. The peak plasma concentration and bioavailability for intramuscular, subcutaneous and oral administration were 4.59, 3.55 and 2.23 μg/ml and 93.62, 74.30 and 43.43%, respectively.4. Tolfenamic acid was absorbed rapidly, eliminated quickly and exhibited a small distribution volume in Pekin ducks. Pharmacokinetic parameters, including maximum concentration, area under the plasma concentration - time curve and bioavailability, were found to be different in ducks from other bird species.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"187-192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142495557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Gordon Memorial Lecture: genotype, phenotype, selection and more: improving the skeletal health of laying hens.","authors":"I C Dunn","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2025.2460054","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2025.2460054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. This review is a comprehensive exploration of the author's work in improving skeletal health in laying hens, focusing on the insights from genetics on nutritional, and environmental factors. It discusses the importance of the large number of disciplines that have contributed to the efforts to tackle bone quality in laying hens, particularly the keel bone.2. The transition from cages to non-cage environments has increased keel bone damage, despite improving overall skeletal health. It is a welfare paradox that improving the hen's environment has often been accompanied by greater skeletal damage.3. The role of genetics has been important in understanding and addressing bone health issues and will be a major factor in their improvement. This includes the identification of specific genes, like cystathionine-β-synthase, which has led to nutritional interventions using betaine supplementation to improve bone quality by targeting the one carbon pathway.4. The role of the timing of puberty and its genetic control is an additional factor in bone health, and new methods of measuring bone density in live birds are now important to monitor potential issues and deliver genetic solutions.5. The review emphasises a multi-faceted approach, combining genetics, nutrition, rearing practices, and housing design is required in order to improve skeletal health and enhance the welfare and sustainable performance in laying hens.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"139-146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11974920/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143572135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The assessment of litter quality in broiler chickens: validity, inter-assessor reliability, and intra-assessor repeatability of three visual scoring systems.","authors":"F Mocz, M Berthelot, V Michel, A Contreras-Jodar, M Guinebretière","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410361","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2410361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. This study evaluated the validity, inter-assessor reliability and intra-assessor repeatability of three visual scoring systems for litter quality, one known as the Welfare Quality Assessment Protocol© and two complementary systems for friability and humidity developed by the ClassyFarm initiative.2. In 6 rooms of an experimental barn, 2450 medium-growing broiler chickens were reared on coarse sawdust litter until they reached a body weight of 2.2 kg at 43 days of age, with a stocking density of 33 kg/m².3. Sixty-six litter samples were analysed for litter moisture at two different time points during the broiler chickens' production cycle, and were visually scored using the three systems, two consecutive times, by 7 assessors to analyse their validity, inter-reliability and intra-repeatability according to the litter moisture level.4. The three resulting scores were correlated with the litter moisture (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and correlations were stronger when the litter moisture was above 35%. Similarly, inter-assessor reliability and intra-assessor repeatability were better for all three scoring systems when litter moisture was above 35% than when it was below 35%.5. The ClassyFarm Friability system was the most reliable regardless of litter moisture level. The ClassyFarm Humidity system was the least reliable and repeatable when the litter moisture was below 35%. The Welfare Quality scoring system lay between the two ClassyFarm systems considering inter-assessor reliability, but was as repeatable as the ClassyFarm Friability system.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"147-154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tissue oxidative stress and expression of chicken UCP and ANT mRNA in laying hens exposed to acute cold stress.","authors":"L-Y Chang, L-X Dong, Z-Y Liu, E-Y Hao, X-Y Wang, L-Y Zhu, C-H Li, X-L Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2406330","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00071668.2024.2406330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Exposure to stress alters normal homoeostasis and, hence, the antioxidant defence system. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of acute cold temperature on the antioxidant defence system in hens.2. Hy-line grey commercial layers (80 40-week-old) were randomly assigned to one of eight groups.  In groups 1 to 5, hens were exposed to low temperature at -8.68°C (cool stressed) for 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 h, respectively. In groups 6 and 7, post 10 h cool stressed, hens were quickly transferred to room at 21°C to recovery for 2 h and 4h, respectively. In treatment groups 6 and 7, post 10 h cool stressed, hens were quickly transferred to room at 21°C for 2 h and 4 h, respectively. Group 8 was the control, where hens were housed under regular condition at 21°C as controls.3. Antioxidant enzymes (T-AOC), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and malondialdehyde (MDA), in skeletal muscle, the kidney, liver and pancreas were measured. The transcription of avUCP and ANT mRNA was tested by RT-PCR.4. The T-AOC activity was increased in the skeletal muscle of hens cold stressed for 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 h and the 2 h recovery groups compared with control hens (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The GPx activity was increased in the liver and skeletal muscle after cold stress 4 h and in the pancreas of cold stress 2 h compared with the control group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Antioxidant SOD activity was increased in the kidney after cold stress 6 h and in the liver after cold stress 10 h compared to the control group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Measured MDA activity was increased in the pancreas after 2 h cold stress (<i>p</i> < 0.05).5. UCP mRNA expression level was increased in the pectoral muscle for 2 h and 4 h recovery groups compared with the control hens (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and avian uncoupling protein (UPC), adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) expression level was increased in the leg muscle of hens cold stress for 2, 6, 8 h and recovery 2 and 4 h.6. The observed changes in the antioxidant defence system were tissue specific. Increments in levels of ANT (leg muscle) and UCP (pectoral and leg muscle) mRNA expression may be involved in the regulation of thermogenesis in skeletal muscle.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"206-211"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142458550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prediction of raw meat texture and myopathic severity of broiler breast meat with the wooden breast condition by hyperspectral imaging.","authors":"Q Liu, J Sun, H Zhuang, S-C Yoon, B Bowker, Y Yang, J Zhang, B Pang","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2025.2471450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2025.2471450","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. This research explored the potential of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to predict meat texture and the wooden breast (WB) condition in raw chicken breast fillets, categorised as normal, moderate WB and severe WB. The Meullenet-Owens Razor Shear (MORS) measurement was employed to characterise raw meat texture traits, including force, energy and peak count.2. Significant differences in MORS force, energy and peak count were observed between normal and severe WB fillets. However, no significant differences in these traits were found between normal and moderate WB fillets.3. Partial least square regression (PLSR) models, using the full wavelength range of visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectra, successfully predicted meat texture traits, with MORS peak counts exhibiting the highest predictive ability (Rp = 0.915 and RMSEp = 2.26). Key wavelengths were identified using the regression coefficient (RC) method, highlighting their significance in characterising meat texture.4. A linear discriminant analysis (LDA) model, incorporating all key wavelengths, achieved accurate predictions of WB severity, with 84.72% in the calibration set and 77.78% in the prediction set. This model demonstrated the potential of HSI in distinguishing WB fillets from normal ones, with an accuracy of 97.22%in the calibration set and 91.67% in the prediction set. Distribution maps generated using key wavelengths visually depicted variations in meat texture traits and WB severity.5. This study underscored the efficacy of HSI technology in predicting meat texture and WB severity in raw chicken breast fillets.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143691301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<i>In vivo</i> estimation of chicken breast and thigh muscle weights using multi-atlas-based elastic registration on computed tomography images.","authors":"Á Csóka, S E Simon, T P Farkas, S Szász, Z Sütő, Ö Petneházy, G Kovács, I Repa, T Donkó","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2025.2472903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2025.2472903","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. This study employed an automated estimation method for quantitatively assessing valuable meat parts in broiler chickens. This involved the segmentation of computed tomography (CT) images through elastic registration, utilising feature and model selection.2. Sixty Tetra HB colour broiler chickens (30 males and 30 females) were randomly selected and examined by CT at 10 weeks of age (live weight: 2560 ± 400 g). The animals were slaughtered, and their breast and thigh muscles were dissected and weighed (thigh and breast weights were 90 ± 19 g and 337 ± 58 g). Multi-atlas registration was used for segmentation, followed by feature extraction (256 features/individual) from the CT images.3. Four different regression analysis techniques (linear, PLS, lasso and ridge) with and without feature selection were applied to the collected data with k-fold cross-validation for estimating the thigh and breast muscle weights. The feature selection produced significantly better results in all cases.4. Among the analysis techniques, lasso and ridge regression performed the best for both muscle groups (thigh and breast muscles). These were as follows: lasso for breast: r² = 0.993, RMSE = 4.87 g; ridge for breast: r² = 0.995, RMSE = 4.03 g; lasso for thigh: r² = 0.976, RMSE = 2.94 g; and ridge for thigh: r² = 0.965, RMSE = 3.53 g.5. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of the automated method, initially tested on rabbits, in accurately estimating valuable meat parts of broiler chickens. The robust performance of the selected regression models underscores the potential for widespread application in poultry production, offering a reliable and efficient means of quantitative assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}