Carotenoid, colour and reflectance measurements in bovine adipose tissue to discriminate between beef from different feeding systems

Meat Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-353

  Rohrle F T ^a   Moloney, A P ^b   Osorio, M T ^a   Luciano, G ^c   Priolo, A ^c   Caplan, P ^a   Monahan, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carotene; Beef; Colour; Lutein; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BEEF PRODUCTION; COLOUR; CONCENTRATE DIET; FEEDING SYSTEM; LUTEIN; REFLECTANCE DATA; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUES; TRACEABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEATS; NUTRITION; PIGMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFLECTION;

COLOR;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; HORDEUM;

BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IRELAND; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; SILAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CATTLE; HORDEUM; IRELAND; LUTEIN; MEAT; PIGMENTATION; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SILAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79952817190     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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