Effect of Transportation on Body weight Loss and Muscle pH of Cattle.
1987
Kano Banjaw(Assistant Professor)
Experiments conducted during the dry and wet seasons of 1985 examined the effects of walking and trucking on live-weight and muscle pH of groups of bulls and steers transported 300 km to a storage centre in Awassa, Ethiopia. Mode and season of transportation, age and weight of animals had a significant effect on body weight loss at, the cattle. The largest body Weight losses occurred for animals which walked during the dry season, amounting to 29.3 ±1.1 kg. No significant difference in weight loss was observed between bulls and steers. Whereas younger animals lost more weight than older ones, lighter animals had a significantly less shrinkage than heavier ones. The pH values of the carcass 24 hours post-mortem were 5.7 for control, 5.5 for trucked and 6.0 for walked groups, respectively indicating that the high pH for walked animals as having a negative impact on meat quality.
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