Two hundred sixty-eight strip loins were collected from heifers fed at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. In Exp. 1, heifers (n = 127) were assigned to 1 of 3 health management treatment groups: antimicrobial administrations were given based on standard feedlot protocol (SFP) or ruminal temperature (RT) or given a metaphylactic treatment of tulathromycin (MT) followed by visual assess...

Strip loins from two experiments were used to evaluate effects of feeding dry (DDG) or wet (WDG) distiller's grains on beef color, tenderness, and sensory traits of Holstein steers. In Exp. 1, conducted at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, dietary treatments consisted of a control whole corn-corn silage diet with soybean meal (SBM) or diets formulated with 12.5% DDG plus urea, 25%...

Agreement between different models of spectrophotometers is increasingly being recognized as an issue in the industry. Brand owners are requesting color tolerances that are in some cases too tight to be met when using different make and model spectrophotometers along the supply chain. This often means that printers are being required to purchase a different model of spectrophotometer for each p...

Our objective was to assess the effects of lactate enhancement in combination with different packaging systems (vacuum; high-oxygen, 80% O2 + 20% CO2; or 0.4% CO, 30% CO2 + 69.4% N2) on beef Longissimus lumborum and Psoas major steak redness. Subprimals (n = 16) were divided in half and randomly assigned to 1 of 4 injection treatments (non-injected control, water-injected control, 1.25% lactate...

Conversion of wastewater to reclaimed water for crop irrigation conserves water and is an effective way to handle a growing urban problem: the disposal of wastewater. Water Conserv II is a large reclaimed water project developed by Orlando and Orange County, Fla., that presently irrigates ≈1900 ha of citrus. The project includes a research component to evaluate the response of citrus to irrigat...

The impact of non-meat ingredients (i.e., sodium erythorbate [SE] & lemon juice powder [LJP]) on the colour stability of fresh pork sausage products was assessed over a 10-day storage period. Loss of quality was evident through the discolouration of meat, depletion of endogenous antioxidant activities, proliferation of spoilage microorganisms, and reduction in the meat’s redox potential. Result...

introduction : one of the most important problems of synthetic packaging of materials had been the time consuming process of their decomposition. therefore, they have the potential to contaminate the environment. during the recent years, the above-mentioned problem has paved the way for developing biodegradable biopolymers. one group of these polymers is films and edible coatings. soy protein i...

A systematic study was conducted on the ability of potassium permanganate absorbent to remove low levels of ethylene from the atmosphere. Absorption of potassium permanganate onto alumina beads by dipping in a saturated solution was maximal at 2 g/100 g after 2 hours at 20 °C and 4 g/100 g after 1 hour at 65 °C. Commercial alumina-based absorbents were found to contain potassium permanganate at...

introduction: sorghum (sorghum bicolor) is a tropical plant and has the fifth ranking of world cereals production. one of the important aspects of sorghum is drought tolerance and little input need during growth which has made that suitable for cultivation in semiarid regions. due to the presence of tannin compounds in internal part of sorghum grains and low digestion of cooked protein, sorghum...

The study involved 110 hybrid grower-finisher pigs from Polish Large White × Polish Landrace sows sired by Pietrain breed boars and their crossbreds with the 990 line and Duroc. The aim of the study was to determine an association of the polymorphism of RYR1, myogenin (MYOG) genes and carcass meatiness level with carcass slaughter value and meat quality traits in hybrid pigs. Better meat qualit...