Effect of Vitamin C Concentration and Co-Injection with Calcium Chloride on Beef Retail Display Color

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1846-1853

  Wheeler, T L ^a   Koohmaraie, M ^a   Shackelford, S D ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Calcium Chloride; Color; Injection; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030208978     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7481846x     Document Type: Article

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