Associations among animal, carcass, muscle characteristics, and fresh meat color traits in Charolais cattle

M Gagaoua, B Picard, V Monteils - Meat science, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of animal, carcass and muscle characteristics on initial
color traits of steaks from 887 Charolais cattle. First, the fixed factors of year of birth …

European conformation and fat scores of bovine carcasses are not good indicators of marbling

J Liu, S Chriki, MP Ellies-Oury, I Legrand… - Meat Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Marbling is one of the primary carcass attributes utilized in most beef grading systems for
eating quality evaluation. In Europe, the current beef grading system is the EUROP grid …

Clustering of sensory eating qualities of beef: Consistencies and differences within carcass, muscle, animal characteristics and rearing factors

M Gagaoua, B Picard, J Soulat, V Monteils - Livestock Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract pHu and palatability traits (tenderness, juiciness and beef flavor intensity) of 480
young bulls were investigated. For each trait, quality categories were built using …

[HTML][HTML] Carcass image segmentation using CNN-based methods

DN Gonçalves, VA de Moares Weber… - Information Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carcass grading can be used as an important metric to determine meat quality. However,
carcass grading is usually performed by a specialist, making it a subjective and error-prone …

[HTML][HTML] The Meat Standards Australia carcass grading site affects assessment of marbling and prediction of meat-eating quality in growing European beef cattle

M Santinello, N Rampado, M Penasa, JF Hocquette… - Meat science, 2024 - Elsevier
The lack of consumer feedback on beef eating quality contributes to reduced beef
consumption in Europe. The Meat Standards Australia (MSA) grading scheme can assess …

Assessment of cattle inter‐individual cluster variability: the potential of continuum data from the farm‐to‐fork for ultimate beef tenderness management

M Gagaoua, B Picard, V Monteils - … of the Science of Food and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND This study implemented a holistic approach based on the farm‐to‐fork data
at the four levels of the continuum (farm–slaughterhouse–muscle–meat) to study the inter …

Assessing marbling scores of beef at the 10th rib vs. 12th rib of longissimus thoracis in the slaughter line using camera grading technology in Germany

L Schulz, A Sundrum - Meat science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Internationally, different Video Image Analysis Systems (VIAS) are established to
enable categorization of beef carcasses according to a marbling score as determining part …

Decision tree, a learning tool for the prediction of beef tenderness using rearing factors and carcass characteristics

M Gagaoua, V Monteils, B Picard - … of the Science of Food and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The present study explored the potential use of decision trees on rearing
factors (q= 10) and carcass characteristics (q= 12) for the development of prediction model …

Various statistical approaches to assess and predict carcass and meat quality traits

MP Ellies-Oury, JF Hocquette, S Chriki, A Conanec… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The beef industry is organized around different stakeholders, each with their own
expectations, sometimes antagonistic. This article first outlines these differing perspectives …

The effect of heat stress on autophagy and apoptosis of rumen, abomasum, duodenum, liver and kidney cells in calves

R Zhai, X Dong, L Feng, S Li, Z Hu - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Heat stress causes significant negative responses in the dairy industry.
The objective of this study was to assess the effect of heat stress on the autophagy and …