Comparative research on the flavor quality of meat in Yunnan native chicken.

There were a lot of meat quality evaluation indices,of which tenderness,muscles fiber diameter,water content,protein,fat of muscles,pH and water holding capacity of meat were important indices that were usually used to evaluate meat quality.The meat quality of 3 Yunnan native chicken(Chahua chicken,Yanjin black-bone chicken,Wuding chicken) and Guangxi miscellaneous broilers were studied.The results showed that muscles fiber diameter,tenderness and water holding capacity of 3 Yunnan local chickens were better than Guangxi miscellaneous broilers,but there was no significant difference for pH.Chahua chicken and Wuding chicken were almost the same for crude protein,crude fat and crude ash,but higher than other chicken.Above all,3 Yunnan chicken was better than Guangxi miscellaneous broilers for meat quality,but the best was Chahua chicken.