Page 8 of articles about meat quality in Abstracts

Antioxidant ability of seaweed extracts in the pork through its inclusion in the animal’s diet.

Three studies were performed with French consumers in order to determine androstenone threshold levels for the acceptability of entire male pork at eating (grilled pork chops).

Feeding 25OHD3 to gilts may have a positive impact on the red meat yield of their offspring.

The secondary immunization can be moved closer to slaughter, while still limiting the incidence of boar taint.

Oat by-products are a potential antioxidant for pig diets enhancing the oxidative stability of pork.

A dietary supplementation of 50 ppm of L-carnitine improved some productive traits in finishing pigs.

Increasing feeding allowance to gestating sows does not provide major benefits to the offspring.

Oriental medicinal plants as positive alternative to antibiotics in fattening pigs.

The effects of ractopamine on growth performance in finishing pigs is independent of the energy content.

Different alternatives for surgical castration without anaesthesia were performed on 20 farms to evaluate the effect on boar taint and carcass quality.

Sorghum grain and sorghum dried distillers grains with soluble can be fed to result in high-quality ground pork.

Under the conditions of this study Duroc pigs immunocastrated are suitable for the production of high quality dry-cured ham.

Fat firmness, but not color, is influenced by sex and dietary fat source.

Maternal low protein diet impairs prenatal myofiber formation, reducing the potential of postnatal lean growth.

No negative effect on sensory quality is found in short-term frozen stored products when their PUFA content increases.

In this study, entire, castrated or immunocastrated male pigs exhibited similar reactivity to preslaughter stress.