Rigor mortis development in Turkey breast muscle and the effect of electrical stunning

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1694-1698

  Alvarado, C Z ^a   Sams, A R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Rigor mortis; Stunning; Tenderness; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ELECTROSHOCK; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RIGOR MORTIS; SARCOMERES; TURKEYS;

EID: 0034328332     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.11.1694     Document Type: Article

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