Effect of different periods of pre-slaughter stress on the quality of the Nile tilapia meat
AUTOR(ES)
CASTRO, Pedro Luiz de, LEWANDOWSKI, Vanessa, SOUZA, Maria Luiza Rodrigues de, CORADINI, Melina Franco, ALEXANDRE, Alciony Andréia da Cunha, SARY, César, RIBEIRO, Ricardo Pereira
FONTE
Food Sci. Technol
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
21/07/2016
RESUMO
Abstract The study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the influence of pre-slaughter stress on meat quality of Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) for 10 days of storage in ice. 75 whole fish were used eviscerated, with average weight and length of 825.75 ± 101.59 g and 28.25 ± 0.81 cm, respectively. The treatments consisted of time in which the animals underwent pre-slaughter hypoxia, being 0, 3 and 6 minutes. Rigor mortis and muscle pH were assessed besides the application of the Quality Index Method and analysis of total protein and blood glucose. Rigor mortis did not differ among treatments during the storage period, and after three hours all animals were in rigor stage. The muscle pH values varied widely during the study period, observing higher values on the third day of storage. Sensory analysis showed that after 10 days the tilapia from the different treatments did not differ in the evaluated quality parameters similarly, there was no difference regarding the evaluated blood biochemical parameters Thus, hypoxia of 6 minutes pre-slaughter does not influence the rigor mortis, muscle pH, qualitative perception of the meat quality, total protein and blood glucose of Nile tilapia.
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