Featured Research Paper
Title: Nutritive Value of Meat from Philippine White Mallard (Anas boschas L.) and Pekin (Anas platyrynchos L.) Ducks
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Abstract:
The Philippine White Mallard duck was compared with Pekin duck for its potential in meat production. A total of 50 ducklings were randomly assigned to five (5) pens per treatment after one month of brooding. Each pen containing five (5) ducks was considered as a replicate. The ducks were raised until 12 weeks of age and dressed at the end of the growing period. Meat from both breeds was analyzed. The data were subjected to the Independent-Sample T-test. The essential amino acid profiles of both duck breeds have no significant differences except for leucine and isoleucine in which higher levels were obtained in Pekin duck meat. The total non-essential amino acid content of Pekin duck meat was also significantly higher than the meat from Philippine White Mallard although the individual amino acid did not differ between breeds. The fatty acid composition of the meat from both breeds did not show any significant difference, however, Philippine White Mallard duck was noted to have significantly higher cholesterol content in both skin and lean compared with Pekin ducks. Results of the study show that the nutrient content of meat from both duck breeds are comparable. On the health point of view, Philippine White Mallard duck meat has an advantage over Pekin due to the lower cholesterol content of the former.
Recently Added Fauna
Fauna Name: Metapenaeus Ensis
Description:
Bagal Shrimp has a thick skin unlike the other shrimps (excluding bakeke shrimp). Bagal Shrimp is a little bit small shrimp but it has a fast speed when it comes to crawling or jumping. Bagal Shrimp has a large eyes and when its eyes were confront with brightness or light, its eye color will change into red became of the reflection. If three are compared with, bagal shrimp is the small one but a fast one unlike the mistesa shrimp.
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Metapenaeus
Species: Ensis
English Name: Greasy Back Shrimp
Local Name: Bagal
Recently Added Flora
Flora Name: Cauliflower
Description:
Is an herbaceous annual or biennial vegetable plant in the family Brassicaceae grown for its edible head. The head is actually a mass of abortive flowers (flowers which are unable to produce fruit or seed as they possess only female reproductive organs; the male organs are either underdeveloped or totally lacking). Cauliflower plants are shallow rooted with a small, thickened stem. The ribbed leaves branch off the top of the stem and are light green in color. The plant can reach a height of 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) and is most commonly grown as an annual, harvested between 60 and 100 days after planting.
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Brassica
Species: B. oleracea var. botrytis
English Name:
Local Name: Cauliflower