Changes in Mechanical Strength of Intramuscular Connective Tissue during Postmortem Aging of Beef

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 528-532

  Nishimura, T ^a   Liu, A ^a   Hattori, A ^a   Takahashi, Koui ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef; Connective Tissue; Postmortem Changes; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATTLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; MEAT; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; MEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031992372     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762528x     Document Type: Article

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