Effect of some electrical stimulation variables on wing flapping, post-mortem glycolysis and eating quality characteristics of broiler Pectoralis major muscle

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-299

  Gault, N F S ^b,d   Burns, C ^a   Tolland, E L C ^b   Kilpatrick, D J ^a,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Food Science   (United Kingdom)

^c Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

^d Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORELIMB; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WING;

EID: 0034231094     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660050133116     Document Type: Article

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