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A Novus study indicates a combination of organic trace minerals, organic selenium, and dietary antioxidants resulted in the effective reduction of wooden breast severity. Wooden breast, said the team, is a degenerative myopathy seen in modern broiler birds resulting in quality downgrade of breast fillets. It can cost the industry millions each year. Affected filets show increased toughness both before as well as after cooking and have decreased water holding capacity and marinade pick up compared to normal fillets. Novus backed research, published in the latest issue of Frontiers in Physiology, looked at the impact of that feed additive firm’s Mintrex organic trace minerals, when used with and without a dietary antioxidant and organic selenium, on wooden breast (WB) in broilers. ....