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Effect of transport time on meat quality of Simmental bulls and heifers

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of transport time on meat quality of Simmental bulls and heifers. The study was conducted from October 2008 to September 2009 on 1938 cattles aged from 13 to 16 months. As quality indicators pH, meat colours value were measured 24 h post-mortem on m. longissimus dorsi. Bulls transported from a shorter journey had worse pH24 (P<0.001) and L* value (P<0.05), compared with bulls transported from medium journey, whereas bulls transported from longer journey had higher L* value (P<0.01). Heifers submitted to shorter journey had higher pH24 value (P<0.001). This study shown that shorter journey was physically very demanding and affected on final beef quality product.

beef ; transport time ; stress ; sex ; meat quality

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