Special Issue "Effect of Extrinsic Factors (Pre Slaughter Handling) on Production Quality (Meat and Dairy Products)"

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021).

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Mª Dolores Garrido
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Guest Editor
Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Espinardo, Spain
Interests: meat; meat productos; quality; shelf life; technology process; boar taint
Dr. Maria Belén Linares
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Guest Editor
Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Espinardo, Spain
Interests: meat queality; technological strategies; boartaint; meat products; food technology; sensory analysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Extrinsic factors that can affect or lead to variations in animal food quality (meat and dairy) depend on human procedures and expectations, and thus they can be modified. Modifiable factors include those involved with handling and production systems, feed and feed supplementation, and all productive factors that occur prior to slaughter. The adequate management of animals is one of the primary objectives of farmers in order to ensure a proper quality of animal production. This area of expertise is vital to understand the variation in animal product quality. Since many innovations in this area have been proposed, the aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research papers or reviews concerning extrinsic factors in both meat and dairy, and the interrelations between the joined aspects of quality and animal welfare.

Prof. Dr. Mª Dolores Garrido
Dr. Maria Belén Linares
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Meat
  • Dairy
  • Quality
  • Pre-slaughter handling
  • Castration
  • Feed
  • Type of stunning
  • Production system

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Effects of Dietary Rosemary Extract Supplementation on Pork Quality of Chato Murciano Breed during Storage
Animals 2021, 11(8), 2295; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082295 - 04 Aug 2021
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(1) Background: The effect of Rosmarinus officinalis L. dietary supplementation on the pork meat quality of the Chato Murciano breed of pigs was evaluated during 21 days of storage. (2) Methods: Twenty-one castrated male pigs were divided into two groups. One group was [...] Read more.
(1) Background: The effect of Rosmarinus officinalis L. dietary supplementation on the pork meat quality of the Chato Murciano breed of pigs was evaluated during 21 days of storage. (2) Methods: Twenty-one castrated male pigs were divided into two groups. One group was fed a control diet (group C), and the other group consumed the same diet plus a 1000 ppm supplement of deodorized rosemary extract (group R). (3) Results: While the inclusion of rosemary extract in the pig diet did not produce notable changes in the technological parameters analysed in the meat, the lower microbiological count obtained in meat pointed to the antimicrobial effect of the extract. The storage time had a significant effect on all the parameters studied in both groups (C and R). Thus, lipid oxidation increased and the colour of the meat deteriorated, at the same time as the microbial counts and the deterioration of the sensory attributes increased. (4) Conclusions: Therefore, a certain antimicrobial effect of rosemary was observed in the meat of Chato Murciano. Full article
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