The present experiment was carried out to
evaluate the effects of electrical stimulation (ES) immediately
prescalding (PS), ES immediately postdefeathering
(PD), or PS combined with PD (PSPD) on the
quality of early deboned (2 h) broiler breast muscles,
pectoralis major (fillets), and pectoralis minor (tenders).
No stimulation, early-deboned (2 h), and 24-h
deboned (24 h) fillets were used for the comparison.
The 42-d-old broiler carcasses were electrically stimulated
with pulsed current at 200 V for 30 s over a 90-s
time interval (total of 1 min over 180 s for PSPD), and
breast meat was deboned 2 h postmortem. Quality indicators
evaluated were CIE L*, a*, and b* color and
pH of the raw fillets and cook yields and Warner-Bratzler
(WB) shear force of the fillets and tenders. There
were no differences in raw fillet color, pH, and cook
yields of both the fillets and tenders between the 3 ES