Effect of post-slaughter handling during distribution on microbiological quality and safety of meat in the formal and informal sectors of South Africa: A review

ZT Rani, A Hugo, CJ Hugo, P Vimiso… - South African Journal of …, 2017 - ajol.info
Global reports on illnesses and deaths related to food consumption continue to raise
concern in most countries. This has led to diligent efforts to improve the manner in which …

[HTML][HTML] Farm to abattoir conditions, animal factors and their subsequent effects on cattle behavioural responses and beef quality—A review

YZ Njisane, V Muchenje - Asian-Australasian journal of animal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The current review seeks to highlight the concerns that have been raised on pre-slaughter
stress, contributing factors and its consequent effects on cattle behavioural responses and …

Proteomics analysis as an approach to understand the formation of pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) pork

X Zequan, S Yonggang, L Guangjuan, X Shijun, Z Li… - Meat Science, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated ten pale, soft, and exudative (PSE), and ten normal meat samples from pig
carcasses. The meat quality at 0, 5, 12, and 24 h post-mortem and the key enzyme activities …

Effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal on finisher pig growth performance, meat quality, shelf life and fatty acid composition of pork

FE Mukumbo, V Maphosa, A Hugo… - South African Journal of …, 2014 - ajol.info
The effect of dietary inclusion of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) on the feed conversion
ratio (FCR) of finisher pigs, physico-chemical meat quality, fatty acid (FA) composition and …

Polyphosphate and myofibrillar protein extract promote transglutaminase-mediated enhancements of rheological and textural properties of PSE pork meat batters

T Lesiow, GK Rentfrow, YL Xiong - Meat Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to improve the rheological (storage modulus G′; phase
angle δ) and textural (hardness; breaking force) properties of nitrite-cured sausage batters …

The effect of freezing time on the quality of normal and pale, soft and exudative (PSE)-like pork

X Zequan, W Zirong, L Jiankun, M Xin, DL Hopkins… - Meat Science, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of frozen storage time on the quality and muscle structure
in normal and pale, soft and exudative (PSE)-like pork. The meat quality of M. longissimus et …

Proteomic application in predicting food quality relating to animal welfare. A review

D Mouzo, R Rodríguez-Vázquez, JM Lorenzo… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background New market trends and new challenges in meat quality lead us to improve
animal handling. During the animal rearing, many stressful situations could impact on the …

Meat quality in relation to swine well-being after transport and during lairage at the slaughterhouse

L Rey-Salgueiro, E Martinez-Carballo, P Fajardo… - Meat science, 2018 - Elsevier
Cortisol and corticosterone in saliva were evaluated as pig stress biomarkers, using pig
genotype (Duroc, L62 or Pietrain) and lairage time in the slaughterhouse (0, 2.0, 4.0 or 6.0 …

Effects of the truck suspension system on animal welfare, carcass and meat quality traits in pigs

FA Dalla Costa, LS Lopes, OA Dalla Costa - Animals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Transportation is a complex stressor in which animals are exposed to a
series negatively stimuli, such as vibration, new environmental conditions, variation in …

Characterization of variability in pork carcass composition and primal quality,,

EK Arkfeld, DA Mohrhauser, DA King… - Journal of animal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The objective was to characterize the factors and production practices that contribute to
variation in pork composition and quality. It is possible the variation in pork quality traits …