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...

Using 2-dimensional electrophoresis based proteomics we have investigated the protein expression profile of bovine M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum at day 2 (n=3) and day 14 (n=3) in tenderstretched and conventionally hung carcasses. From 1248 protein features detected by image analysis, 191 manually curated spots were subjected to statistical analysis. From this initial analysis, at day 2 p...

The contributions of replacing rye-grass (Lolium spp.) hay with banana (Musa acuminata) by-products on carcass and tissue characteristics, pH color, in the Canary hair sheep breed were studied. Twenty-two lambs an initial live weight 14.8 ± 2.5 kg individually housed fed two different diets for 58 days: first group (experimental diet) received as forage a mixture fresh composed by leaves pseudo...

The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of immunocastration on animal growth, carcass traits, and meat quality Nellore cattle receiving or not Ionophore supplementation at pasture with concentrate (semi-feedlot). first experiment (Pasture) was carried out during rainy season, while second (supplemented = Semi-feedlot) conducted dry season. In each assessment, 60 males were allocated int...

Intramuscular fat (IMF) % contributes positively to the juiciness and flavour of lamb and is therefore a useful indicator of eating quality. A rapid, non-destructive method of IMF determination like computed tomography (CT) would enable pre-sorting of carcasses based on IMF% and potential eating quality. Given the loin muscle (longissimus lumborum) is easy to sample, a single measurement at thi...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensory properties musculus longissimus lumborum (LL) collected from Holstein-Friesian Black-and-White (HF BW) bulls and stored for 7, 14 21 days under different modified atmospheres (MA): vacuum, 80% O2 + 20% CO2, 60% 30% CO2 10% N2, 40% 70% Ar. Meat in MA containing more susceptible undesirable changes colour. aroma raw meat, evaluated immediately aft...

Carcass (n = 568) and longissimus thoracis palatability (n = 460) traits from F1 steers obtained from mating Hereford (H), Angus (A), and U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) III cows to H, A, Norwegian Red (NR), Swedish Red and White (RW), Friesian (F), or Wagyu (W) sires were compared. Data were adjusted to constant age (471 d), carcass weight (356 kg), fat thickness (1.0 cm), percentage o...

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...