Department of Livestock Products Technology, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, U. S. Nagar - 263 145, (Uttaranchal).
*Corresponding author: E-mail: girishlpt@yahoo.com
Recently, guinea fowl rearing for meat purposes is gaining acceptability in India. In this research work, storage stability of tandoori product prepared from guinea fowl (Lavender) has been compared with that of desi fowl (Aseel), a native desi fowl popular for backyard poultry farming. Aerobically packaged products stored at refrigeration temperature were subjected to physico-chemical, microbiological and sensory analysis at 0, 5, 10 and 15 days of storage. Birds from three age groups viz., 8, 12 and 16 weeks were also studied to know the effect of age. Study revealed that product can be safely consumed up to 10 days of refrigerated storage, but at 15th day of storage the product was spoiled as bacterial load crossed the safe limit. No significant effect of species and age was found on the storage stability of tandoori product. Therefore, guinea fowls can be used as alternative for chicken for backyard poultry farming in India.
Guinea fowl, desi fowl, tandoori, refrigeration, Aseel
