1. Effect of lairage time, behaviour and gender on stress and meat quality parameters in pigs
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Milica Laudanović, Milan Z. Baltic, Marija Boskovic, Jelena Ivanović, Jelena Janjic, Srdjan Pantic, and Marija Dokmanović
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2. Zero hunger ,040301 veterinary sciences ,business.industry ,0402 animal and dairy science ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,Animal husbandry ,medicine.disease_cause ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Lower temperature ,0403 veterinary science ,Animal science ,Plasma cortisol ,medicine ,Blood lactate ,Psychological stress ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,business ,PSE meat ,Longissimus dorsi - Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of lairage time (short vs. long), behavior (aggressive vs. non-aggressive) and gender (gilts, barrows and boars) on stress and meat quality parameters in pigs (n = 100). In the group with short lairage, aggressive behavior of gilts and boars was observed. At exsanguination, blood samples were collected and levels of blood lactate and plasma cortisol were determined. Post mortem pH value, temperature, drip loss, sensory and instrumental color and meat quality class were determined on the muscle Longissimus dorsi. Higher blood lactate concentration (P
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- 2016