U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
1984
Abstract
The thermal shrinkage temperature (Ts) of bull muscle collagen was higher (Ps from bull muscles increased from 12 to 15 mo and decreased from 15 to 18 mo of age, whereas that of steer muscles did not change with age (age × sex interaction, Ps. Carcass electrical stimulation did not affect collagen Ts in steer muscle, but there was a trend toward reduction of Ts in collagen of bull muscle.
Comments
Published in Journal of Animal Science (1984) 59:3, 706-709