A Connection Between a Dietary Coccidiostat and Skin Tears of Female Broiler Chickens

Abstract

The effects of two coccidiostats — Stenorol® and Coban® — incorporated in broiler diets on the strength of chicken carcass skin were compared in dressing plants and by tensile force measurements in the laboratory. Stenorol® resulted in a significantly higher percent of skin rips in the dressing plants and in less resistance to tearing as compared with Coban®.