Effects of low voltage electrical stimulation during bleeding and hot boning on beef loin eye and top round muscles

Axe, J.B.; Hunt, Melvin C.; Kropf, Donald H.; Gray, D.G.; Kastner, Curtis L.; Dikeman, Michael E.

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Effects of low voltage electrical stimulation during bleeding and hot boning on beef loin eye and top round muscles

Axe, J.B.; Hunt, Melvin C.; Kropf, Donald H.; Gray, D.G.; Kastner, Curtis L.; Dikeman, Michael E.

Our study evaluated the effects of low voltage electrical stimulation (ES) during bleeding and hot boning at 1 hr postmortem on loin eye (LE) and top round (TR) muscles. Possibly because of relatively slow initial chilling rate used in our study, hot-boned (HB) muscles, even without ES, were comparable to conventionally chilled and boned counterparts. In fact, coupling ES with HB proved less desirable than HB only.

Keywords: Beef; Electrical stimulation; Hot boning; Loin eye; Top round

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1984, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 2, 1984
Starting Page: 1, Ending Page: 5
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

Date: 1984

Conference paper

Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6921

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