A halothane challenge test to detect turkeys prone to developing pale, soft, and exudative meat /
(PSE) meat that is unsuitable for further processing due to
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1998.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | (PSE) meat that is unsuitable for further processing due to accelerated postmortem muscle metabolism and is thought to be avoid further propagation of PSE in breeding flocks. In this between birds in their response to halothane suggests some of characteristics. Five percent of tested birds in the first different age or using different methods. evaluated as a possible detection method for PSE-susceptible excessive color variation, poor meat binding, and depressed experiment and two percent in the second experiment exhibited for 3 min (6 liters/min) and examined for leg muscle Measurements of pH, R-value, color, and free water content muscles of the responding birds would develop PSE non-destructive method of screening animals is needed to non-responding birds (P<.05). The existence of differences of muscles from these birds did not differ from those of the old male turkeys (n= 1 16) was exposed to 3% halothane gas related to a similar inherited condition in swine. A quick, rigid legs, but the data indicated that the characteristics rigidity. Experiment two followed similar testing measures, study, a halothane challenge test used with swine was the birds may need to be screened or slaughtered at a the discriminating power of this test. Possibly, The turkey industry suffers from pale, soft, and exudative turkeys. In experiment one, a commercial strain of four week using two strains of growth selected turkeys (n=504). water holding ability. This condition is caused by were made from each bird's breast fillet to determine if the |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Food Science and Technology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 35 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 26-32. |