Turkey Meat. Seasonal Effect on Meat Quality and on Dead on Arrival Index in a Commercial Plant
Braz. arch. biol. technol
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61: e18180106, 2018. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of Pale, Soft, Exudative (PSE) meat and to characterize the Dark, Fim, Dry (DFD) meat as well as the Dead on Arrival (DOA) index in a commercial turkey slaughterhouse in southern Brazil during the summer and winter seasons. The journeys (n=64) were over a distance of 36 ± 20 km and took approximately 95 ± 20 min. Color (L*) and pH distribution of turkey breast meat (n=5,352) were evaluated from different farms (n=64) during the 2015-2016 years. The pH, water-holding capacity, color (L*, a*, b*) were used to establish cutoff values for DFD meat (L* < 44.0 and pH > 5.90) and presented correlation among them. The L* value was the highest during the summer (P<0.01), indicating the highest incidence of PSE meat (28.35 %), and lowest during winter, observing the highest incidence of DFD meat (10.3 %). Finally, the obtained summer DOA index was 0.23 % higher in relation to winter.
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Braz. arch. biol. technol
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Biology
Year:
2018
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Article
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Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Estadual de Londrina/BR
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