The influence of temperature on broiler breast muscle shortening and extensibility

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 797-802

  Papinaho, P A ^a   Fletcher, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast muscle; Broiler; Extensibility; Rigor mortis; Shortening

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHICKEN; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLES; RIGOR MORTIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030159789     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750797     Document Type: Article

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