Turkey Meat. Seasonal Effect on Meat Quality and on Dead on Arrival Index in a Commercial Plant

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of Pale, Soft, Exudative (PSE) meat and to characterize the Dark, Fim, Dry (DFD) meat as well as the Dead on Arrival (DOA) index in a commercial turkey slaughterhouse in southern Brazil during the summer and winter seasons. The jour...

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Main Authors: Rafael Humberto de Carvalho, Adriana Lourenço Soares, Paulo Donizete Guarnieri, Alexandre Oba, Elza Iouko Ida, Massami Shimokomaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2018-11-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132018000100505&lng=en&tlng=en