Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Abelmoschus manihot on the Meat Quality and Storage Stability of Broiler

This study was conducted to compare the meat quality characteristics of broilers fed with feed supplemented with <i>Abelmoschus manihot</i> (AM) powder to those fed with regular feed. There were a total of two treatment groups: Control and the treatment group with 1% AM supplementation. For the comparison of chicken meat quality, proximate composition (moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude ash), color, pH, water holding capacity, cooking loss (CL), drip loss, and shear force were analyzed. Storage characteristics, including volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) and 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were evaluated at 0 and 3 days of storage. The addition of AM increased crude protein content while decreasing crude fat and crude ash content (<i>P</i>&lt;0.05). Additionally, CL was reduced and shear force increased (<i>P</i>&lt;0.05). The AM group showed significantly lower VBN and TBARS levels compared to the control group (<i>P</i>&lt;0.05), and TBARS did not increase significantly during 3 days of storage in the AM group (<i>P</i>&gt;0.05).