An investigation on the relationship among marbling features, physiological age and Warner-Bratzler Shear force of steer longissimus dorsi muscle.

ABSTRACT: Researchers nowadays have paid much attention to the relationships between tenderness and marbling, or physiological age. While the marbling was mainly evaluated qualitatively with scores or grades, and rarely related with physiological age. Present study was carried out to analyze the marbling features of longissimus dorsi muscle between the 12th and 13th ribs from 18, 36, 54 and 72 months old Simmental steers were quantitatively described with area and perimeter using computer vision technique. Relationship between Warner-Bratzler Shear force (WBSF), physiological age and the marbling features were examined performing regression analysis. The results revealed that WBSF positively correlated with physiological age, but negatively with marbling area and perimeter. Regression analysis showe

SUBMITTER: Luo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5876195 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature