No Flavor Changes in Chicken Broilers Fed Monensin

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A study was conducted to compare flavor of control broilers with others that had been fed an anticoccidial agent, monensin, at 110 grams per ton for 61 days with a 72-hour withdrawal prior to slaughter. A total of 42 birds from each treatment group were compared using a duo-trio test with white meat, dark meat and liver. Extra livers from each treatment group were used. Comparisons were made with the products served hot immediately after cooking in a pressure deep fat fryer, and with the fried products chilled and reheated. No change in flavor was detected as a result of including the anticoccidial agent in the diet of broilers.