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Effects of initial fattening age on carcass characteristics and meat quality in Simmental bulls imported from Austria to Turkey

  • 2017
  • Issue: 2
  • Volume: 47
H. Ustuner, H. Yalcintan, A. Orman, S. Ardicli, B. Ekiz, H. Gencoglu & O. Kandazoglu Page: 194 - 201

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of initial fattening age on carcass and meat quality of Simmental bulls imported from Austria to Turkey. These animals were allocated to two initial ages of fattening groups, namely young…

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Comparison of shear force tenderness, drip and cooking loss, and ultimate muscle pH of the loin muscle among grass-fed steers of four major beef crosses slaughtered in Namibia

  • 2016
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 46
P. Strydom, J. Lühl, C. Kahl, & L.C. Hoffman Page: 348 - 359

The authors investigated the effects of breed (Brahman, Bonsmara, Simbrah and Simmental crosses) and post-mortem ageing on meat tenderness, purge, cooking loss and ultimate pH of the longissimus muscle under commercial production and slaughter conditions of the Namibian beef export…

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Fatty acid composition of beef steers as affected by diet and fat depot

  • 2015
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 45
C. Mapiye, P. Vahmani, J.L. Aalhus, D.C. Rolland, V.S. Baron, T.A. McAllister, H.C. Block, B. Uttaro & M.E.R. Dugan Page: 386 - 394

Subcutaneous and perirenal fatty acid (FA) profiles were compared in steers fed a control diet (70 : 30 red clover silage (RC) : barley concentrate), a diet with sunflower seed (SS) substituted for barley, and diets with 15% or 30%…

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A consumer perspective of the South African red meat classification system

  • 2015
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 45
H. Vermeulen, H.C. Schönfeldt & B. Pretorius Page: 339 - 354

The South African consumer market is characterised by socio-economic and cultural diversity. Food expenditure patterns, behaviour and preferences differ significantly between the various socio-economic sub-groups. Packaging information, including red meat classification information, could be an important tangible resource used by…

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Changes in the composition of South African red meat

  • 2015
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 45
N. Hall, H.C. Schönfeldt & B. Pretorius Page: 325 - 338

Red meat often evokes a wide array of complex and contradictory arguments. It is viewed as the most expensive component of any diet, supplying many essential nutrients as part of a healthy, prudent eating plan. Yet, red meat is non-homogenous,…

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Sources of variation in quality of South African beef: Case studies in relation to the red meat classification system

  • 2015
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 45
P.E. Strydom, L. Frylinck, S.M. van Heerden, M. Hope-Jones, A. Hugo, E.C. Webb, E. Moholisa, B.E. Liebenberg & O.C. Sehoole Page: 289 - 301

The South African classification system describes beef carcasses in regard to visual fat cover, conformation and age by dentition. Animal age provides a fairly accurate description of expected eating quality in regard to tenderness in an industry where other sources…

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The conductivity of cervical mucus as a predictor of ovulation in beef cows synchronised with cloprostenol

  • 1980
  • Issue: 2
  • Volume: 10
C.T. McCabe, G.W. Sprowson and D.H. Holness Page: 119 - 124

A commercial conductivity detector was used to monitor the changes in the conductivity of the cervical mucus in Mashona and Afrikaner beef cows synchronised with cloprostenol in an attempt to predict the optimum time for artificial insemination. The recorded conductivity…

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