Variations in meat quality in live halothane heterozygotes identified by biopsy samples of M. longissimus dorsi

Autor:	D.I. Krausgrill, K.S. Cheah, A.M. Cheah
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty biology medicine.diagnostic_test Chemistry British Landrace food and beverages Large white biology.organism_classification Animal science Biopsy medicine Water holding capacity Halothane PSE meat Longissimus dorsi Food Science medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Meat Science. 39:293-300
ISSN:	0309-1740
DOI:	10.1016/0309-1740(94)p1830-o
Popis:	The meat quality of halothane heterozygotes ( Nn ) was investigated using British Landrace ( n = 18) and Landrace × Large White pigs ( n = 67). Normal and PSE meat were identified in both breeds using M. longissimus dorsi (LD). In Landrace × Large White Nn pigs, the potential meat quality identified using small biopsy LD samples (500 mg) showed a wide spectrum in water-holding capacity (WHC), ranging from normal (43%) to PSE (57%). Predictions of meat quality in live pigs were confirmed from post-mortem assessments of LD samples based on pH 1 and fibre optic probe measurements. Our results show that Nn pigs have the propensity to produce a higher proportion of PSE than normal carcasses. The predictive meat quality test performed on small biopsy LD samples offers an opportunity not currently available to the pig industry, to select Nn pigs with the potential to produce pork of superior WHC.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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