Efeitos da posição da carcaça durante o resfriamento na qualidade da carne bovina / Effects of the position of the carcass during the chilling period in the quality of beef

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Ten Nellore steer carcasses, with average age of 36 months were slaughtered at the meats lab of FZEA – USP and alternate right or left sides were placed in the cooler hung either by the Achilles tendon (TA) or horizontally placed over pallets, outside facing up (HO). Carcass were chilled for 48 hours at 0 – 2ºC. After the chilling period, loin eye area (LEA) and fat thickness (FT) were measured. One inch thick samples from each of the following muscles were removed, loin, tenderloin, eye round, knuckle and chuck tender and after 5 days in the cooler were frozen for future analysis. There was not a statistical difference for LEA and FT between treatments. After thawing the samples were analyzed for shear force through the Warner Bratzler device and there was not statistical difference for the tenderloin, eye round and chuck tender muscles between treatments. The shear force of the knuckle (5.13 Kg) was lower (p=0.029) for the HO treatment than for the TA (6,24 Kg). The loin also had a shear force of 6,4 Kg statistically lower (p=0.007) for the HO treatment when compared to 7.7 Kg for the TA treatment. The loin and knuckle of the carcasses cooled horizontally were more tender. Further studies evaluating MFI and sarcomere length must be done.

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cisalhamento tenderness maciez shear force área de olho de lombo position carcass carcaça ribeye area ph ph

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