Browsing CIA. Centro de Investigaciones de Agroindustria by Subject "Sacrificio"

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Effect of slaughter handling conditions and animal temperament on bovine meat quality markers = Efecto del manejo y del temperamento animal sobre indicadores de calidad de la carne bovina

Pighin, Darío Gabriel; Davies, Patricio; Grigioni, Gabriela Maria; Pazos, Adriana Alejandra; Ceconi, Irene; Mendez, Daniel Gustavo; Buffarini, Miguel Angel; Sancho, Ana Maria; Gonzalez, Claudia Beatriz (2013-09)

The aim of this research was to study the effect of different handling conditions on physiological stress indicators and meat quality of beef cattle by studying animals with different temperaments. Forty animals classified ...
Relationship between changes in core body temperature in lambs and post-slaughter muscle glycogen content and dark-cutting

Pighin, Darío Gabriel; Brown, W.; Ferguson, D.M.; Fisher, A.D.; Warner, R.D. (2014)

Pre-slaughter stress may decrease muscle glycogen content, a key element for a suitable low ultimate pH and prevention of dark-cutting meat. Body temperature monitoring is a tool used in research on animal stress, as an ...