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

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2010-12-14

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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

Abstract

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.

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Beef, Electrical stimulation, Hot boning, Loin eye, Top round

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