Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2775
Title: The effect of time off feed prior to slaughter on muscle glycogen metabolism and rate of pH decline in three different muscles of stimulated and non-stimulated sheep carcasses
Contributor(s): Daly, B L (author); Gardner, Graham Edwin (author); Ferguson, D M (author); Thompson, John Mitchell  (author)
Publication Date: 2006
DOI: 10.1071/AR05424
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2775
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of time off feed (TOF) prior to slaughter on muscle glycogen metabolism and rate of pH decline in sheep muscle. All animals were maintained on a roughage diet for 6 weeks and were then subjected to either 0, 2, or 4 days TOF with access to water, prior to slaughter. Glycogen concentrations were determined post-slaughter for 3 different muscles, 'M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum' (LTL), 'M. semimembranosus' (SM), and 'M. semitendinosus' (ST), as well as measuring pH declines for all animals in each of the 3 muscles under both electrically stimulated and control conditions. Ultimate pH values... were determined 48 h post-slaughter. Both the 2-day and 4-day TOF groups lost liveweight during their curfew period, whereas the control (0-day) group gained weight. TOF had no effect on post-slaughter carcass characteristics, muscle glycogen concentrations... or rate of pH decline. Increased muscle glycogen concentrations resulted in faster rates of pH decline. This response was curvilinear, plateauing at a glycogen concentration of about 56 mmol/kg muscle. Muscle glycogen concentration also affected the response of pH decline to electrical stimulation, interacting with muscle and pre-stimulation pH. Low muscle glycogen levels limited delta pH only in the SM and ST and only in muscles of lower pre-stimulation pH.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 57(11), p. 1229-1235
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1444-9838
0004-9409
1836-5795
1836-0947
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070299 Animal Production not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830301 Beef Cattle
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an2856653
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