Evaluation of carcass and meat quality in cattle and sheep (Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents; Introduction; Sergio Gigli1 and Dunixi Gabiña2; Evaluation of carcass and meat quality in the EAAP; Carla Lazzaroni; Beef carcass classification in the EU: an historical perspective; Alan Fisher; Evaluation of sheep carcass quality; Francesca Maria Sarti and F. Panella; New methods for grading beef and sheep carcasses; Paul Allen; Beef carcass grading and meat quality measurements in different countries and how ICAR is going to use such information; Laurent Journaux; Traditional and new methods to assess beef quality
Jean François Hocquette1, G. Renand1, E. Dufour2, J. Lepetit1 and G.R. Nute3Methodologies to evaluate meat quality in small ruminants; Carlos Sañudo1, M.M. Campo1, J.L. Olleta1 M. Joy2 and R. Delfa2; Image analysis, ultrasounds and colour reflectance for beef quality estimation; Maria Jose Beriain, K. Insausti and G. Indurain; Spectral and thermal imaging for meat quality evaluation; Paolo Menesatti, S. D'Andrea and C. Costa; Genes affecting meat quality; Alessio Valentini
Plasma leptin and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) as potentially phenotypic markers for carcass composition and growth rate in lambsEberhard von Borell1, H. Sauerwein2 and M. Altmann1; Relationship of live animal scores/measurements and carcass grades with carcass composition and carcass value of steers; Michael J. Drennan, M.G. Keane and M. McGee; Use of carcass weight, community scale for carcass classification and carcass ultrasound measurements to predict carcass composition of young beef bulls; Rafael Delfa, G. Ripoll, B. Panea, M. Joy and P. Albertí
Comparison of two methods for longissimus muscle area measurementsDanijel Karolyi, A. Džidić, K. Salajpal, M. Đikić and I. Jurić; The use of ultrasound measurements in estimation of valuable cut content in fattened bulls; Peter Polák, J. Daňo, M. Oravcová and E. Krupa; The effect of ultrasound probe on accuracy of intramuscular fat content and marbling prediction in beef longissimus dorsi muscle; Ján Tomka, P. Polák, E.N. Blanco Roa, E. Krupa, J. Huba, M. Oravcová and D. Peškovičová