The efficiency of electrical stimulation to counteract the negative effects of β-agonists on meat tenderness of feedlot cattle

Meat Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 699-705

  Hope Jones, M ^a   Strydom, P E ^b   Frylinck, L ^b   Webb, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calpains; Electrical stimulation; Meat tenderness; Zilpaterol

Indexed keywords

AGING PROCESS; BETA-AGONISTS; CALPAINS; CALPASTATIN; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FEEDLOT CATTLES; MEAT TENDERNESS; POST MORTEM; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SHEAR FORCE; ZILPATEROL;

MEATS; MUSCLE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE; ZILPATEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; MEAT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE FIBRIL; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CATTLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; RIGOR MORTIS; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

BOS;

EID: 80051851950     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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