The influence of postmortem electrical stimulation on rigor mortis development, calpastatin activity, and tenderness in broiler and duck pectoralis

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1364-1368

  Alvarado, C Z ^a   Sams, A R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Meat; Muscle fiber types; Rigor mortis; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPASTATIN; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHICKEN; DUCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICKENS; DUCKS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; POULTRY; RIGOR MORTIS;

EID: 0034277625     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.9.1364     Document Type: Article

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