Meat Quality: Genetic and Environmental Factors

✍ Scribed by PhD, Wieslaw Przybylski (Editor); PhD, David Hopkins (Editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2015
• Leaves: 480
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

One of the biggest challenges faced by meat producers today is the requirement to improve the quality of meat while maintaining focus on efficiency and higher yields. Numerous studies have shown that consumers are willing to pay premiums for meat products with guaranteed eating quality. This book examines the complicated multistep process of produc

✦ Table of Contents

Meat and Muscle Composition of Slaughter Animals. Meat Quality of Slaughter Animals. Conversion of Muscle to Meat. Impact of Animal Nutrition on Muscle Composition and Meat Quality. Terms of Farming and Animal Welfare and Meat Quality. Preslaughter Handling, Welfare of Animals, and Meat Quality. Stress Reactivity, Stress at Slaughter, and Meat Quality. Slaughter-Line Operations and Their Effects on Meat Quality. Breeding Strategies for Improving Meat Quality. Influence of Major Genes on Meat Quality. Beef Quality. Pork Quality. Sheep Quality: Effect of Breed, Genetic Type, Gender, and Age on Meat Quality. Transgenic Animal Technology and Meat Quality. Production of High-Quality Meat.

✦ Subjects

Food Science & Technology;Food Chemistry;Meat & Poultry;Food Engineering;Processing