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Overview

Casey M. Owens is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research focuses on areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Animal Science and Zoology.

Their work addresses a range of topics including:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Owens has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scientific journals. The main venues of publication include:

  • Poultry Science
  • The Journal of Applied Poultry Research
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Meat and Muscle Biology

Among Owens' recent papers are:

  • "Poultry industry paradigms: connecting the dots" (2022) in The Journal of Applied Poultry Research
  • "A review on the woody breast condition, detection methods, and product utilization in the contemporary poultry industry" (2020) in Journal of Animal Science
  • "Characterizing Woody Breast Myopathy in a Meat Broiler Line by Heat Production, Microbiota, and Plasma Metabolites" (2020) in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Evaluation of Three Formulations of Essential Oils in Broiler Chickens under Cyclic Heat Stress" (2021) in Animals
  • "Constant and cyclic chronic heat stress models differentially influence growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality of broilers" (2022) in Poultry Science

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media:

  • "Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association with Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality" (2020)

Frequent collaborators with Owens are:

  • Clay J. Maynard
  • Juan P. Caldas-Cueva
  • Andy Mauromoustakos
  • S.J. Rochell
  • Xiao Sun

Best Publications

  • Meat quality of slow- and fast-growing chicken genotypes fed low-nutrient or standard diets and raised indoors or with outdoor access.

    A. C. Fanatico;P. B. Pillai;Jason Lee Emmert;C. M. Owens

  • The characterization and incidence of pale, soft, and exudative broiler meat in a commercial processing plant

    R. L. Woelfel;C. M. Owens;E. M. Hirschler;R. Martinez-Dawson

  • White striping and woody breast myopathies in the modern poultry industry: a review

    V. A. Kuttappan;B. M. Hargis;C. M. Owens

  • Estimation of factors associated with the occurrence of white striping in broiler breast fillets

    V. A. Kuttappan;V. B. Brewer;A. Mauromoustakos;S. R. McKee

  • Meat quality of broiler breast fillets with white striping and woody breast muscle myopathies

    V. V. Tijare;F. L. Yang;V. A. Kuttappan;C. Z. Alvarado

  • The characterization and incidence of pale, soft, exudative turkey meat in a commercial plant

    C. M. Owens;E. M. Hirschler;McKee;R. Martinez-Dawson

  • Evaluation of slower-growing broiler genotypes grown with and without outdoor access: meat quality.

    A. C. Fanatico;L. C. Cavitt;P. B. Pillai;J. L. Emmert

  • Evaluation of slower-growing broiler genotypes grown with and without outdoor access: growth performance and carcass yield

    A. C. Fanatico;P. B. Pillai;L. C. Cavitt;C. M. Owens

  • Consumer acceptance of visual appearance of broiler breast meat with varying degrees of white striping

    V. A. Kuttappan;Y. S. Lee;G. F. Erf;J.-F. C. Meullenet

  • Influence of growth rate on the occurrence of white striping in broiler breast fillets

    V. A. Kuttappan;V. B. Brewer;J. K. Apple;P. W. Waldroup

  • Pathological changes associated with white striping in broiler breast muscles

    V. A. Kuttappan;H. L. Shivaprasad;D. P. Shaw;B. A. Valentine

  • Big-bird programs: Effect of strain, sex, and debone time on meat quality of broilers

    V. B. Brewer;V. A. Kuttappan;J. L. Emmert;J.-F. C. Meullenet

  • Poultry Meat Processing

    Casey M. Owens;Christine Alvarado;Alan R. Sams

  • Performance, Livability, and Carcass Yield of Slow- and Fast-Growing Chicken Genotypes Fed Low-Nutrient or Standard Diets and Raised Indoors or with Outdoor Access

    A. C. Fanatico;P. B. Pillai;P. Y. Hester;C. Falcone

  • Prediction of Poultry Meat Tenderness Using Razor Blade Shear, Allo-Kramer Shear, and Sarcomere Length

    L. C. Cavitt;G. W. Youm;J. F. Meullenet;C. M. Owens

  • Evaluation of Slower-Growing Broiler Genotypes Grown with and Without Outdoor Access: Sensory Attributes

    A. C. Fanatico;P. B. Pillai;L. C. Cavitt;Jason Lee Emmert

  • Meat Quality Evaluation of Minimally Aged Broiler Breast Fillets from Five Commercial Genetic Strains

    J M Mehaffey;S P Pradhan;J F Meullenet;J L Emmert

  • Incidence of broiler breast myopathies at 2 different ages and its impact on selected raw meat quality parameters.

    V A Kuttappan;C M Owens;C Coon;B M Hargis

  • The Influence of Transportation on Turkey Meat Quality

    C. M. Owens;A. R. Sams

  • Comparison of hematologic and serologic profiles of broiler birds with normal and severe degrees of white striping in breast fillets

    V. A. Kuttappan;G. R. Huff;W. E. Huff;B. M. Hargis

  • THE RELATIONSHIP OF RAZOR BLADE SHEAR, ALLO-KRAMER SHEAR, WARNER-BRATZLER SHEAR AND SENSORY TESTS TO CHANGES IN TENDERNESS OF BROILER BREAST FILLETS

    L.C. Cavitt;J.-F.C. Meullenet;R. Xiong;C.M. Owens

  • COMPARISON OF ALLO–KRAMER, WARNER–BRATZLER AND RAZOR BLADE SHEARS FOR PREDICTING SENSORY TENDERNESS OF BROILER BREAST MEAT

    R. Xiong;L.C. Cavitt;J.-F. Meullenet;C.M. Owens

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig N. Coon
Craig N. Coon University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Jason L. Emmert
Jason L. Emmert University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
A. R. Sams
A. R. Sams Texas A&M University
Billy M. Hargis
Billy M. Hargis University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Sami Dridi
Sami Dridi University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Steven C. Ricke
Steven C. Ricke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Walter Bottje
Walter Bottje University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Xochitl Hernandez-Velasco
Xochitl Hernandez-Velasco National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jason K. Apple
Jason K. Apple University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Nicholas B. Anthony
Nicholas B. Anthony University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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