To evaluate the effect of stocking density and transport time on physiological responses and meat quality, 72 male suckling lambs were transported by road to the slaughterhouse at three different stocking densities (0.12, 0.20 or 0.25 m2/lamb) and two transport times (5 h or 30 min). Blood samples were collected pre-transport at the farm and after unloading in the slaughterhouse to measure leve...

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of freezing and frozen storage duration (1 4 months) on chemical composition technological properties lamb meat. Meat samples from Musculus Longissimus thoracis et lumborum were collected Bulgarian Dairy Synthetic Population their crosses with Ile-de-France Mouton Charollais breed, a slaughtering weight 22-23 kg. Samples in freezer at -18 ??. Froze...

The aim of this trial was to evaluate fatty acid profile of meat from lambs fed on diets containing 0, 12.5 and 25.0% mulberry hay as a substitute for the concentrate. Twenty-four feedlot Ile de France lambs (average weight of 15kg and average age of 60 days) were randomized to receive the different diets and slaughtered at 32kg body weight. Increases were observed in the concentrations of the ...

Fresh meat retail cases in 104 supermarkets across 5 regions of the United States were audited for product space allocation, percentage of space allocated to each fresh meat category and frequency of species among all stock keeping units (n = 14,863). The United States was divided into Mountain/Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and West Coast regions. Fresh meat categories for self-serv...

The presence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and plasmidic AmpC (pAmpC) producing Escherichia coli (EEC) in food animals, especially broilers, has become a major public health concern. The aim of the present study was to quantify the EEC exposure of humans in The Netherlands through the consumption of meat from different food animals. Calculations were done with a simplified Quantitativ...

The goal is to search for indicators and optimal measures increase labor productivity in sheep breeding, study the profitability of industry, depending on productive, economic biological characteristics. Methods – analysis breeding methods, use modern technologies, as well statistical data domestic foreign markets products their processing. Results project "Technology industrial production mutt...