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The Problem of Dark-Cutting in Beef

This publication contains the proceedings of a seminar 'The problems of dark-cutting in beef' held by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) at the Commission in Brussels on 7 and 8 October 1980. As part of the CEC programme of coordination of agricultural research, this meeting...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hood, D.E. (Editor), Tarrant, P.V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1981, 1981
Edition:1st ed. 1981
Series:Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine
Subjects:
Food Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Session V: Identification and Prevention of Dark-Cutting
  • Preventive Treatments during the Pre-Slaughter Period
  • Early Identification of the DFD Condition in Pre-Rigor Beef Carcasses
  • Electrical Stimulation of Ante Mortem Stressed Beef
  • Animal Stress and its Effect on Rigor Mortis Development in Labs
  • Identification and Minimisation of DFD in Young Bulls in Denmark
  • Session VI: Microbiological, Technological and Organoleptic Properties
  • Microbiology of DFD Beef
  • Translucency and Colour Defects of Dark-Cutting Meat and their Detection
  • Eating Quality of DFD Beef
  • Practical Aspects of the Use of Dark Firm Dry (DFD) Meat
  • Poster Presentations
  • Influence of Holding Animals before Slaughtering
  • Post Mortem Muscle Biochemistry and Beef Quality
  • Influence of Temperature, Fasting and Transportation
  • Effects of Transportation and Pre-Slaughter Holding onSome Blood Parameters and on Meat Quality in Fattening Bulls
  • Development of Special Feeds for Young Bulls Kept in Overnight Lairages
  • Selective Glycogen Depletion and Recovery in Skeletal Muscles Fibre Types of Young Bulls Subjected to a Behavioural Stress
  • The Breakdown of Muscle Glycogen during Behavioural Stress in Normal and Beta-Adrenoreceptor Blocked Young Bulls
  • Factors Influencing Muscle Glycogen Synthesis after Adrenaline Induced Depletion in Beef Heifers
  • Some Odours Produced by Bacteria on High pH and Normal Beef
  • The Incidence of Dark-Cutting Beef in Young Bulls in Finland
  • The Use of Freeze-Drying in Investigations on the Microbiology of Vacuum-Packed DFD Beef
  • Summary
  • Summary
  • List of Participants
  • Session I: Quality Aspects
  • The Occurrence, Causes and Economic Consequences of Dark-Cutting in Beef — A Survey of Current Information
  • Beef Quality, Marketing and the Consumer
  • Session II: Muscle Metabolism and Animal Physiology
  • Muscle Metabolic Type and the DFD Condition
  • Control Mechanisms for the Enzymes of Glycogen Metabolism in Muscle
  • Characteristics of the Metabolism of Carbohydrate in Ruminants Compared with other Mammals
  • Session III: Animal Behaviour and the Environment
  • Environmental and Behavioural Influences on the Supply of Energy for Muscle during Life and Consequences Post Mortem
  • Behaviour of Domestic Cattle under Modern Management Techniques
  • Animal Welfare in Relation to Transport, Lairage and Slaughter in Cattle (A Review)
  • Session IV: Genetic Influences on Meat Quality
  • Hereditary Aspects of Susceptibility to Stress in Meat Animals
  • Double-Muscling and Sensitivity to Stress

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