Locally breed Chicken, exotic Chicken and Turkey were obtained from Ajegunle market in Oyo town and processed for their proximate composition and dietary minerals. The proximate composition reveals that the moisture content in percentage ranged from 5.00% in Turkey to 0.50% in exotic Chicken, the ash content ranges from 6.50% in Turkey to 2.00% in locally breed chicken. The fat content ranges from 18.0% in Turkey to 3.70% in locally breed Chicken; the protein content ranges from 68.97% in exotic Chicken to 50.95% in locally breed Chicken. Carbohydrate content ranges from 25.83% in locally breed chicken to 0.63% in Turkey. The fibre content of Turkey was 2.22% and 1.96% in local Chicken while fibre content was not detectable in exotic Chicken. The dietary minerals that were in abundance in the meat samples are Potassium whose concentration ranged from 603mg/100g in Turkey to 527mg/100g in exotic chicken. Sodium ranged from 370mg/100g in Turkey to 345mg/100g in exotic chicken. Calcium ranged from 575mg/100g in Turkey to 375mg/100g in exotic chicken while Magnesium ranged from 377mg/100g in local chicken to 256mg/100g in exotic chicken, Iron ranged from 465mg/100g in local chicken to 233mg/100g in Turkey. Zinc ranged from 622mg/100g in exotic chicken to 475mg/100g in Turkey.
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Ogunmola, O. (2013). The Nutritive Value of the Meat Quality of Locally Breed Chicken, Exotic Chicken and Turkey. IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 3(6), 46–50. https://doi.org/10.9790/5736-0364650
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