Chicken authentication and discrimination via live weight, body size, carcass traits and breast muscle fat content clustering as affected by breed and sex varieties in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nematbakhsh, Sara, Selamat, Jinap, Idris, Lokman Hakim, Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal
• Format: Article
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96384/; https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1575
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Nowadays, the high demand for village chickens in Malaysia leads to the fraudulent substitution of indigenous chickens with other cheaper counterparts. Discriminating different chicken breeds based on their phenotypic characteristics is one strategy to avoid chicken adulteration. The main objective...