Co-Authors:
Angel, S., Division of Food Technology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Centet, Bet Bet Dagan and Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Israel, Leimenstrasse 45, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Hyams, M., Division of Food Technology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Centet, Bet Bet Dagan and Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Israel
Levinger, I.M., Division of Food Technology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Centet, Bet Bet Dagan and Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Israel
Abstract:
1. The application of crude papain to cause loosening of feathers in chickens after death was successful in a laboratory experiment. 2. The treatment disrupted keratin cross-bridges between the feather shaft and the follicle, and may have proteolysed feather follicle muscles. © 1982, British Poultry Science Ltd.