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Provedor de dados: 	63	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Quality characteristics of Longissimus dorsi muscle from Bos indicus animals treated with vitamin D3	
Autores: 	Pedreira,Aparecida Carla de Moura Silveira; Luchiari Filho,Albino; Leite,Vanderley Benedito de Oliveira; Carvalho,Marina Hojaij.	
Data: 	2003-12-01	
Ano: 	2003	
Palavras-chave: 	Nelore cattle; Meat tenderness; Carcass characteristics.	
Resumo: 	Among several techniques to improve beef tenderness, vitamin D3, important for calcium mobilization, has recently been developed as an alternative. It acts on the intracellular calcium-dependent proteases (mu- and m-calpain). Ten days prior to slaughter, 36 Nelore steers were fed 0, 3, 6 and 9 million IU of supplemental vitamin D3 (D3) per animal per day (an-1 d-1). Animals were slaughtered and tenderness (shear force), cooking losses (1, 8 and 15 days of aging), sensory evaluation, and minerals in blood plasma and muscle (Longissimus dorsi) were measured. There were no differences (P &gt; 0.05) among treatments for blood plasma and muscle mineral concentration, evaporation losses, and sensory juiciness. For drip and total loss, the smallest losses were for the 6 × 10(6) IU an-1 d-1 treatment. The control treatment resulted in lowest shear force and aging also tended to lower resistance to shearing. The 3 × 10(6) IU an-1 d-1 treatment had a positive effect on tenderness, flavor and overall palatability. High levels of supplemental D3 did not improve the quality characteristicsof Longissimus dorsi muscle from Bos indicus animals.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000400005	
Editor: 	São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0103-90162003000400005	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Scientia Agricola  v.60 n.4 2003	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess