The shear force values of back skin, breast meat, and thigh meat of broilers were determined as follows . Within 24 h after slaughter, fresh skin samples (3x3x0.5 cm) were collected from the pelvic back of broilers and shear force was measured by stretching the skin using a texture analyzer (Model A-XT2, Stable Micro Systems, Surrey, UK) at a test speed of 1.00 mm/s and a trigger force of 0.04903 N.