Browsing by Author "Tella, A. K."

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Effect of onion extract on microbial and sensory evaluation of fried broiler meat during refrigerated storage
(Nigerian Society for Animal Production, 2016-03) Tella, A. K.; Olusola, O. O.; Oshibanjo, D. O.
The flavor and health benefits of onion have been strongly associated to its high content of sulphur compounds and flavonoids acting as, antioxidants and antibiotics. The Microbial and sensory parameters of fried broiler meat marinated in onion extract were evaluated during refrigerated storage. Twenty fresh purple medium sized onion bulbs were purchased, peeled, washed, chopped and oven dried at 4(TC until constant weight was reached. 500ml of 80% Methanol was used to soak 100 grams of the oven dried onion for 24 hrs. Twelve broiler chickens (1.5±0.2 kg) live weight of 56 days age were obtained. 800g of the breast meat was marinated in brine solution and onion extract. The marinade consisted of 16ml of onion extracts and 14grams of table salt added to 4 litres of water. Marinade solution was stored to reach 4°C before breast meats were immersed. Marinated meat was pan fried to an internal temperature of 77°C ±3°C for 15 minutes after 11 hrs of marination and committed to completely randomized design. No growth are recorded for Mould and Yeast. Bacteria were not recorded on the first day but increased progressively from day 2 to 6. Day 6 had the highest coliform and total plate count content of 3.63 MPN/100g and 3.62 logCFU/g respectively. Aroma, flavour, juiciness and overall acceptability reduced progressively while there was no significant difference in colour of fried meat. These results revealed onion extract could inhibit microbial load, improve meat acceptability and shelf life up to 4 days of refrigerated storage.
Performance and meat quality attributes of broiler chickens fed onion skin extract and onion skin meal supplemented diets at the finisher stage
(2018-06) Olusola, O. O.; Tella, A. K.; Olasunkanmi, A. A.
Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the meat quality attributes of broiler chickens fed onion skin extract and onion skin meal supplemented diets at the finisher stage. Study Design: The experiment employed a complete randomized design; all data generated were subjected to analysis of variance, P=0.05. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, between October and December, 2016 Methodology: Four experimental diets were formulated such that treatment 1 contained the basal diet with synthetic antioxidant, treatment 2 was a basal diet without any antioxidant, and treatment 3 was basal diet supplemented with 30g/kg of onion skin extract while treatment 4 contained basal diet supplemented with 100 g/kg of onion skin meal. One hundred and sixty eight broiler birds were randomly assigned to four treatments of six replicates each at seven birds per replicate. They were raised for 8 weeks. At the expiration of the experiment, three birds from each replicate were randomly selected, tagged, fasted, weighed and slaughtered. Carcass and organs were obtained and weighed. Samples for cooking loss, pH and cooking yield were taken. Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances (TBARS) was employed to assess the shelf stability of the product. Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the meat quality attributes of broiler chickens fed onion skin extract and onion skin meal supplemented diets at the finisher stage. Study Design: The experiment employed a complete randomized design; all data generated were subjected to analysis of variance, P=0.05. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, between October and December, 2016 Methodology: Four experimental diets were formulated such that treatment 1 contained the basal diet with synthetic antioxidant, treatment 2 was a basal diet without any antioxidant, and treatment 3 was basal diet supplemented with 30g/kg of onion skin extract while treatment 4 contained basal diet supplemented with 100g/kg of onion skin meal. One hundred and sixty eight broiler birds were randomly assigned to four treatments of six replicates each at seven birds per replicate. They were raised for 8 weeks. At the expiration of the experiment, three birds from each replicate were randomly selected, tagged, fasted, weighed and slaughtered. Carcass and organs were obtained and weighed. Samples for cooking loss, pH and cooking yield were taken. Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances (TBARS) was employed to assess the shelf stability of the product.