Carcass quality parameters of Vanaraja chicken

The study was aimed at assessing the carcass quality and physicochemical parameters of dual purpose Vanaraja chicken. Five female and five male Vanaraja birds of over 80 weeks of age were slaughtered by ritual halal method. The birds were bled, plucked and later weighed to determine blood and feather losses, carcasses were then eviscerated and weight of dressed carcass were precisely recorded. The different cut up parts viz. back, breast and leg were further analyzed for physico-chemical studies. The means of various carcass cuts viz. neck, wings, legs, back and breast were 173 g, 241.2g, 797g, 356g and 572.6g for males and 131g, 187g, 517.8g, 317.8g and 530.2g for female birds, respectively.