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Effect of age and carcass weight on quality traits of m. rectus abdominis from Charolais heifers
- Source :
- Animal, Animal, Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. ⟨10.1017/S1751731116001907⟩, Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 720-727 (2017), animal, animal, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. ⟨10.1017/S1751731116001907⟩, animal, Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. ⟨10.1017/S1751731116001907⟩, animal, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. 〈10.1017/S1751731116001907〉
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2017.
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Abstract
- In practice cattle may be slaughtered at different combinations of age and weight. As each of these factors could affect meat quality traits, the present work aimed to identify which combination can be expected to increase overall meat quality of m. rectus abdominis of Charolais heifers. Totally, 40 heifers were slaughtered either at 26 +/- 1 or at 36 +/- 1 months of age. Young heifers were sampled at two different carcass weights (349 +/- 12 and 394 +/- 8 kg). Old heifers were also sampled at two different carcass weights (397 +/- 6 and 451 +/- 9 kg). The m. rectus abdominis was excised 24 h postmortem to determine metabolic enzyme activities, myosin heavy-chain isoform proportions, lipid contents, collagen content and collagen solubility. Shear force measurements were evaluated on raw and broiled meat after 14 days of ageing. Meat quality traits scored between 0 and 10 by sensory analysis. Increasing slaughter age from 26 to 36 months had no impact on either raw/broiled shear force (0.31
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
animal diseases
Rectus Abdominis
heifers
heifer’s cycle
qualité de la viande
age differences
Muscle Development
heifer's cycle
Collagen solubility
force de cisaillement
Slaughter age
2. Zero hunger
Age Factors
food and beverages
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
weight mass
Animal culture
Tenderness
âge
Phenotype
tenderness
Metabolic enzymes
Body Composition
carcasse
Female
lipid content
medicine.symptom
poids
Biology
Sensory analysis
SF1-1100
shear force
03 medical and health sciences
Carcass weight
Animal science
génisse
medicine
Animals
shear strength
métabolisme
[SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health
0402 animal and dairy science
040201 dairy & animal science
Red Meat
030104 developmental biology
Ageing
Lipid content
Animal Science and Zoology
Cattle
[ SDV.BA.MVSA ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health
metabolism
carcass
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17517311 and 1751732X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animal, Animal, Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. ⟨10.1017/S1751731116001907⟩, Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 720-727 (2017), animal, animal, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. ⟨10.1017/S1751731116001907⟩, animal, Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. ⟨10.1017/S1751731116001907⟩, animal, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017, 11 (4), pp.720-727. 〈10.1017/S1751731116001907〉
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....02829d818f966ee5ab0c0593b3abb45c