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- 1Goddard, Ellen (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Heather Bruce (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Jendral, Michelle J (Physical Education and Recreation)
- 1Plastow, Graham (Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Effect of Laying Hen Housing Environment and Genetic Strain on Meat Quality and Skeletal Muscle Physicochemical Properties
DownloadFall 2016
Skeletal muscle is an adaptable, multi-faceted tissue that is essential for whole body movement and metabolism. When a production animal is slaughtered, its muscle goes through complex physical and biochemical changes including a shift from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism resulting in the...
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Effects of Selection for Low Residual Feed Intake on Meat Quality of Major Muscles from Angus, Charolais and Kinsella Composite Cattle
DownloadFall 2017
Residual feed intake (RFI) is a measure of animal feeding efficiency. Selection of high feed efficient cattle using RFI does not affect production performance; low RFI animals consume less feed to reach a similar body weight gain as high RFI animals and thus are considered as feed efficient...
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Fall 2020
Meat and carcass quality traits are of increasing interest to the swine industry due to their influence on customer purchasing and repurchasing decisions. However, meat quality traits must be measured post-mortem, meaning that these traits cannot be measured on the potential breeding candidates...
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The Value of Pork Quality in the Eyes of Consumers with Different Beliefs about Traditionally Raised Pork in Edmonton and in Canada
DownloadFall 2012
In this research the value of pork chops with different quality attributes were examined for consumers in Edmonton (with real pork, stated purchase experiments) and across Canada (online survey). Value is examined through stated choice experiments with packaged pork chops labeled with production...