Influence of age and method of carcass suspension on meat quality attributes of pure bred Ankole bulls
| dc.contributor.author | Kamatara, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mpairwe, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Christensen, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eskildsen, C.E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mutetikka, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muyonga, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mushi, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Omagor, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nantongo, Z. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Madsen, J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-12T05:24:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-12T05:24:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-09-09 | |
| dc.description | Journal Article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the effect of age at slaughter, pre-rigour carcass suspension and their interaction on meat quality of longissimus dorsi from Ankole bulls. Ankole bulls (45) were evenly distributed into three age groups (2, 3 or 5 years). Immediately after slaughter, carcasses were weighed, halved and sides were either suspended in the Achilles tendon or pelvic bone until 48 h postmortem. Carcass weights, grades and fat scores increased (P o 0.001) with increasing age. Pelvic suspended sides had lower (P o0.001) chilling and cooking loss than Achilles-suspended sides across all age groups. Collagen solubility decreased (Po 0.001), while shear force increased (P o 0.001) with increasing age. Pelvic suspension decreased shear force across all age groups and the decrease was more pronounced in 5 year old bulls. The present study indicates that pelvic suspension is beneficial in eliminating the age-induced increase in toughness in longissimus thoracis from Ankole bulls. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Danida Fellowship Center, Denmark and Carnegie Corporation of New York | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5241 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier B.V. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Livestock Science 169 (2014) 175–179; | |
| dc.subject | Ankole cattle | en_US |
| dc.subject | Collagen characteristics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pelvic suspension | en_US |
| dc.subject | Shear force | en_US |
| dc.title | Influence of age and method of carcass suspension on meat quality attributes of pure bred Ankole bulls | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2014.09.018 | en_US |