The effect of level of dietary iron on pork muscle characteristics

Kropf, Donald H.; Mackintosh, D.L.; Hall, J.L.; Harrison, D.L.; Hunsader, M.; Ahlschwede, G.A.

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The effect of level of dietary iron on pork muscle characteristics

Kropf, Donald H.; Mackintosh, D.L.; Hall, J.L.; Harrison, D.L.; Hunsader, M.; Ahlschwede, G.A.

Muscle color is an important factor affecting shoppers’ choice of pre-packaged meats from self-service display cases. The effect of several levels of dietary iron and of two levels of a chelating agent on pork muscle characteristics was studied.

Keywords: Pork; Iron; Muscle color; Muscle characterisitcs

Conference: 51st Annual Livestock Feeders’ Day, Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Manhattan, Kansas, May 2, 1964
Starting Page: 76, Ending Page: 76
Publisher: Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Date: 1964

Conference paper

Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8826

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