Stress inevitably occurs from the farm to abattoir in modern livestock husbandry. The effects
of stress on the behavioral and physiological status and ultimate meat quality have been …

This paper reviews current knowledge about factors of importance for pork quality with
special emphasis on technological quality attributes. It is evident that production and …

Featuring twenty new chapters reflecting current interest and updating safety and quality
standards and regulations, this second edition of an industry reference covers state of the art …

Purpose–There is a growing demand of Halal products and services in a number of non-
Muslim countries. Although Muslim consumers have been studied in several research …

Animal welfare issues are becoming increasingly prominent in animal production, for both
economic and moral reasons. This book presents a clear understanding of the relationship …

This study reviews the factors of pig production that impact the quality of dry-cured ham.
When processing is standardized, the quality of the final dry-cured product is primarily …

As a tissue, muscle has the unique ability to switch its metabolic source of ATP, the energy
currency underpinning muscle function. During oxygen debt, such as that occurring …

A total of 12,725 pigs originating from 90 transports were followed up at 17 Belgian
commercial slaughterhouses. The effects of several pre-slaughter parameters concerning …

The present research studied the effect of different killing methods on various quality
attributes of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) powder: physicochemical traits (pH …

The effects of electrical and percussive captive bolt stunning both on initial and up to 14
days post mortem meat quality of Friesian young bulls were studied. The first group (NS; n …