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Effect of transport time and ageing on aspects of beef quality
G A María1, M Villarroel, C Sañudo
1Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013-, Zaragoza, Spain.
Abstract:
Forty-eight bulls were transported by road in groups of eight for approximately 30 min, 3 or 6 h in two replicates. After slaughter, steaks from the longissimus dorsi thoracis of all transported animals were analysed in terms of pH, water-holding capacity, myoglobin concentration, texture at 7 and 14 days of ageing (compression and Warner-Bratzler analyses) and colour of the same surface of meat cut at 24 h post-mortem and allowed to bloom for 24 h and 7 d (L(∗)a(∗)b(∗), chroma and hue). The myofibrillar resistance of the meat from animals transported 30 min was significantly greater at 20% compression (P<0.05). The maximum load and a(∗)b(∗) and chroma were all lower for meat aged 14 days.
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