Special Issue "Novel Research Discoveries in Fresh Meats"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Amilton de Mello
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Guest Editor
University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Dr. Benjamin M. Bohrer
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Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Dr. Thu Dinh
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Guest Editor
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Dr. Mozart A. Fonseca
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Guest Editor
University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Consumer demand for sustainable and wholesome fresh meat products is associated with desirable quality attributes, food safety, and concerns about nutritional value. Over the past 50 years, the meat industry quadrupled its production by improving the growth performance of livestock and processing efficiency. Simultaneously, novel biological and physical tools have been developed to predict quality, safety, and nutritional value of meat. For example, different types of spectroscopy and the omics approach (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, microbiomics, phenomics, etc.) seem to be promising techniques to predict not only eating quality, but also food safety and nutritional value of fresh meats. Examples of current research using novel qualitative and quantitative research methodologies continue to emerge in the meat science research discipline. These include, but are certainly not limited to, the many examples observed in animal growth and development (i.e., genetics, nutrition, and management), during the slaughter process (i.e., animal handling, carcass hygiene, and carcass chilling), during the aging of fresh meat products, and throughout storage/display of fresh meat products. These advancements in technology have without a doubt improved eating quality, food safety, and nutritional value of fresh meat products.

To summarize, this fresh meats Special Issue will focus on 1. Emerging technologies for the prediction of quality, food safety, and nutrition of fresh meat products (including but not limited to omics approaches and non-destructive image- and/or spectra-based techniques); 2. Applications of traditional and novel techniques to improve meat quality traits; and 3. Animal feeding effects on quality attributes and nutritional values.

Dr. Amilton De Mello
Dr. Thu Dinh
Prof. Dr. Mozart A. Fonseca
Dr. Benjamin M. Bohrer
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Fresh meats
  • omics
  • sensory attributes
  • spectroscopy
  • meat color
  • food safety
  • and nutritional values

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Impacts of in Utero Heat Stress on Carcass and Meat Quality Traits of Market Weight Gilts
Animals 2021, 11(3), 717; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030717 - 06 Mar 2021
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This study evaluated the impacts of in utero heat stress (IUHS) on the carcass and meat quality traits of offspring when market weight was reached. Twenty-four F1 Landrace × Large White gilts were blocked by body weight and allocated among thermoneutral (IUTN) or [...] Read more.
This study evaluated the impacts of in utero heat stress (IUHS) on the carcass and meat quality traits of offspring when market weight was reached. Twenty-four F1 Landrace × Large White gilts were blocked by body weight and allocated among thermoneutral (IUTN) or IUHS treatments from d 6 to d 59 of gestation. The offspring were raised under identical thermoneutral conditions, and gilts (n = 10/treatment) at market weight (117.3 ± 1.7 kg) were harvested. At 24 h postmortem, the loins (M. longissimus lumborum) were obtained, and sections were allocated among 1 d and 7 d aging treatments at 2 °C. Carcasses from IUHS pigs had lower head and heart weights (p < 0.05), as well as decreased loin muscle area (p < 0.05) compared to IUTN pigs. Loins from the IUHS group had a higher shear force value than the IUTN group (p < 0.05). Treatments had no other impacts on carcass and meat quality traits (p > 0.05), and Western blots suggested increased toughness of IUHS loins would not be attributed to proteolysis. These results suggest minimizing IUHS during the first half of gestation may be beneficial in improving pork yield and quality, though in general the effects of IUHS would be minimal. Full article
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