Rapid growth rate results in remarkably hardened breast in broilers during the middle stage of rearing: A biochemical and histopathological study

• Takeshi Kawasaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Food Science and Human Wellness, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, Research Office Concerning the Health of Humans and Birds, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan, Medical Engineering Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-1801

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• Tomohito Iwasaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Wellness, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Michi Yamada,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Sustainable Agriculture, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takashi Yoshida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Engineering Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takafumi Watanabe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yosenabe@shinshu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Kami-ina, Nagano, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4863-9044

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