Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Ross 308 Broiler Chickens Fed Malted Red and White Sorghum-Based Diets

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors have examined the effects of malted sorghum on growth and carcass composition in Ross 308 broiler chickens. 

 

There are a number of points that authors need to address:

1. What was the source of protein of the diets? 

2. What was the replicate for growth and carcass composition? Was it pen (correct) or individual birds (not correct)?

3. Table 3 

a. What do the authors mean by large intestine? Colon? 8 cm seems very long.

b. The number of significant values should at least 3 – e.g. 2.16 %.

4. Tables 4 and 5 – What was the meat? Carcass? Breast? 

 

Author Response

 Hope you are well.

Let me take this opportunity to thanks our reviewer 1. As we were correcting our manuscript following reviewer 1 comments, we realised that there was a lot of improvement in our manuscript 

Hope we inserted all the comments as per request. Please if there is something left out, we as authors ready to act accordingly as soon as possible.  

Attached here are our table with response to reviewer 1. 

 

Warm regards 

Freddy Manyeula

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

Manuscript ID: poultry-1815612

Type of manuscript: Research Article

Title: Carcass characteristics and meat quality of Ross 308 broiler chickens fed malted red and white sorghum-based diets

 

 

Comments to the author:

The study aimed to evaluate the effects of feeding malted sorghum-based diets (malted red or white grains) on carcass characteristics and meat quality of broiler chickens. According to the reviewer, this is an interesting topic in poultry nutrition and production to improve its sustainability in the near future. The manuscript is well structured and deals appropriately with the primary purpose of the study. However, reviewer have some comments which s/he considers might help to improve the understanding of the manuscript.

 

Reviewer recommendation: Accepted (minor revision)

 

Line 2-3: Delete period (or full stop) from the title of the research article.

Line 25: Please use lowercase for ‘broilers’. 

Line 73: Diets were formulated according to? Please provide reference.

Line 102: Please replace ‘There’ with ‘They or Chickens’.

Line 105: Insert proper degree symbol, please use mathematic symbols, revise throughout the manuscript.

Line 108: Provide formula in the formula bar (like Line 114).

Line 119-120: Was the pH Meter Calibrated? If yes, with which buffer solution (4, 7 or 10).

Line 122-133: Please delete, as it is the repetition of Line 84-95.

Line 150: At what temperature samples were stored (frozen) and thawed?

Line 253-255: Rewrite the sentence.

Line 261: Please write full form at least for the first time with the abbreviation.

Line 307: Please delete repetition ‘broiler’.

Line 279: Please follow standard guidelines to cite and provide reference for the unpublished data (intended for publication), please revise throughout the manuscript:

Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C. Title of Unpublished Work (optional). Correspondence Affiliation, City, State, Country. year, status (manuscript in preparation; to be submitted).

 Or 

Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C. Title of Unpublished Work. Abbreviated Journal Name year, phrase indicating stage of publication (submitted; accepted; in press).

 

Author Response

Hope all is well. 

Find attached manuscript and their comments. 

Thank you very much for taking your time to improve our paper. 

Please if anything left out, we as Authors in position to response accordingly as fast as possible to address

Thanks 

Warm regards 

Freddy Manyeula

 

Author Response File: Author Response.docx