Effect of pre-slaughter management regarding transportation and time in lairage on certain stress parameters, carcass and meat quality characteristics in Kivircik lambs

Meat Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 967-976

  Ekiz, Bulent ^a   Ergul Ekiz, Elif ^a   Kocak, Omur ^a   Yalcintan, Hulya ^a   Yilmaz, Alper ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Lamb; Meat quality; Transport; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; LAMB; LONGISSIMUS; MAIN EFFECT; MEAT QUALITY; PLASMA CORTISOL; SAMPLING TIME; SHEAR FORCE; STRESS PARAMETER; TOTAL PROTEIN; TRANSPORT; WELFARE;

MEATS;

OVIS ARIES;

HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; MEAT; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; COLOR; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84855547395     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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