Pre-slaughter stress arising from on-farm handling and its interactions with electrical stimulation on tenderness of lambs

Meat Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-312

  Devine, C E ^a   Lowe, T E ^a   Wells, R W ^a   Edwards, N J ^b   Edwards, J E Hocking ^b   Starbuck, T J ^b   Speck, P A ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Lambs; pH; Shear force; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645025891     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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