The yield of deboned meat is an important
economic factor affecting the profit of the meat industry.
This study was undertaken to determine whether
the yield of boneless meat from broiler chicken leg
(thigh and drumstick) and wing (drumette and winglet)
is improved by introducing a new deboning method
consisting of articular cartilage dislocation followed
by stripping periosteum. A total of 44 broiler chicken
carcasses were used in the deboning experiment. Right
and left legs or wings from the first 22 carcasses were
assigned to the new and ordinary hand deboning methods,
respectively. For the remaining 22 carcasses, right
and left legs or wings were assigned to the ordinary
and new methods, respectively. The weight of residue,
composed of bone and small amounts of cartilage and
noncartilaginous tissues obtained after deboning, was
then compared between the right and left legs or wings
to see the difference between the 2 methods