The objective of this study was to examine the effect short term transportation and lairage time on meat quality, myofibrillary structure calpastatin (CAST), µ-calpain (CAPN1), calpain 3 (CAPN3) heat shock protein 70 (HSPA1A) expression levels longissimus dorsi Kıvırcık breed sheep (n=40). Meat quality evaluated by muscle glycogen amounts, pH, temperature, cooking loss, water holding capacity, ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of ambient temperature and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) supplementation in diets for growing lambs on meat fatty acids composition. A slaughter study was carried out on 12 male Black Belly Barbados lambs randomly drawn from a prior growth trial (245 days). The lambs were divided into four equal groups and allotted in a 2×2 factorial design. ...

Muscular hypertrophy in callipyge sheep results from a single nucleotide substitution located in the genomic interval between the imprinted Delta, Drosophila, Homolog-like 1 (DLK1) and Maternally Expressed Gene 3 (MEG3). The mechanism linking the mutation to muscle hypertrophy is unclear but involves DLK1 overexpression. The mutation is contained within CLPG1 transcripts produced from this regi...

Meat quality is determined by properties such as carcass color, tenderness and drip loss. These properties are closely associated with meat composition, which includes the types of muscle fiber and content of intramuscular fat (IMF). Muscle fibers are the main contributors to meat mass, while IMF not only contributes to the sensory properties but also to the plethora of physical, chemical and t...

This study is an updated systematic review of papers published in the last 5 years on industrial back-support exoskeletons. The research questions were aimed at addressing recent findings regarding objective (e.g. body loading, user performance) and subjective evaluations satisfaction), potential side effects, methodological aspects usability testing. Thirteen studies active twenty passive exos...