Relationships of behavioral and physiological symptoms of preslaughter stress to beef longissimus muscle tenderness

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1148-1159

  Gruber, S L ^a   Tatum, J D ^a   Engle, T E ^a   Chapman, P L ^a   Belk, K E ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Cortisol; Epinephrine; Sex; Stress; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CREATINE KINASE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATES; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESPIRATORY RATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 77649112228     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2183     Document Type: Article

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