Quality of Meat and Sausage from Broiler Chickens Fed Dietary White and Cayenne Pepper Powders Subjected to Refrigeration Storage
1 Department of Animal Production and Health, Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240 Abeokuta, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: adegokeav@funaab.edu.ng
* Corresponding author: adegokeav@funaab.edu.ng
Abstract
Oxidative and microbial spoilage affect the nutritional quality of poultry products. White pepper (WP) and cayenne pepper (CP) powders possess antioxidative and antimicrobial properties, therefore, prompting an investigation into the activity of dietary peppers on proximate, oxidative and microbial profile of broiler chicken meat and sausage subjected to refrigeration storage. At the expiration of feeding 336 randomly allotted chickens seven diets (Control (C) and six other diets), fifty-six (56) birds (two per replicate) were selected and feed-fasted for 12 hours before slaughter. Post-slaughter, meat and sausage proximate were immediately analysed, but aseptically collected meat samples and raw sausage stored in sterile plastic bags were transferred to the Microbiology Laboratory of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and analysed for malondialdehyde (MDA) and microbial [Escherichia sp, Salmonella sp, Enterococcus sp, Lactobacillus sp, Staphylococcus sp, Pseudomonas sp and Saccharomyces sp] assessments following standard laboratory procedure. Proximate composition of Meat and sausage were not influenced (p>0.05) by additives, but MDA and microbial counts were affected (p
Keywords
white + cayenne pepper powder; malondialdehyde count; microbial load; refrigeration storage
Meat quality
Sausage
How to Cite
V, A. A., A., S. K., A, E. D., A, A. A., A, A. A., & J., O. O. (2022). Quality of Meat and Sausage from Broiler Chickens Fed Dietary White and Cayenne Pepper Powders Subjected to Refrigeration Storage. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology, 36(2), 6258-6273.
A. A. V, S. K. A., E. D. A, A. A. A, A. A. A, and O. O. J., "Quality of Meat and Sausage from Broiler Chickens Fed Dietary White and Cayenne Pepper Powders Subjected to Refrigeration Storage," Nigerian Journal of Microbiology, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 6258-6273, December 2022.
