Beef carcasses with larger eye muscle areas, lower ossification scores and improved nutrition have a lower incidence of dark cutting

Meat Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-480

  McGilchrist, P ^a,b   Alston, C L ^c   Gardner, G E ^a,b   Thomson, K L ^d   Pethick, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcass grading; Dark firm and dry beef; Glycogen; Meat Standards Australia; Ultimate pH

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; BINOMIAL DATA; GLYCOGEN; LOGIT MODELS;

MEATS; MUSCLE; NUTRITION;

PH EFFECTS;

BOS;

GLYCOGEN;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MINERALIZATION; CATTLE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; OBESITY; PH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; STANDARD;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CATTLE; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD QUALITY; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865561675     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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