Effects of feed deprivation and electrical, gas, and captive needle stunning on early postmortem muscle metabolism and subsequent meat quality

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-571

  Savenije, B ^a,b   Schreurs, F J G ^a   Winkelman Goedhart, H A ^a   Gerritzen, M A ^a   Korf, J ^b   Lambooij, E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Captive needle stunning; Early postmortem muscle metabolism; Electrical stunning; Gas stunning; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FOSSIL FUEL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; ELECTRICITY; EXERCISE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD HANDLING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHICKENS; ELECTRICITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEMORRHAGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RIGOR MORTIS;

EID: 0036527360     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.4.561     Document Type: Article

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