| Title: | Immune-spaying as an alternative to surgical spaying in Iberian x Duroc females: Effect on the sensory traits and volatile organic compound profile of dry-cured shoulders and dry-cured loins |
| Author(s): | Gamero-Negron R; Garcia C; Reina R; Sanchez del Pulgar J; |
| Address: | "Food Technology, Facultad de Veterinaria, UEx, Campus Universitario s/n, 10003 Caceres, Spain. Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Center for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina, 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: jsapuri@hotmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.05.005 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-4138 (Electronic) 0309-1740 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The aim of this study was to assess the effect of immune-spaying on sensory characteristics and the volatile organic compound (VOC) profile of dry-cured shoulders and loins by comparing Iberian?ª+x?ª+Duroc surgically spayed females, immune-spayed females and entire females. VOC profile of dry-cured shoulders was not significantly affected by the reproductive status, probably due to the large heterogeneity of dry-cured shoulders as a product. Correspondingly, dry-cured shoulders showed little differences among treatment groups, with better scores for marbling, hardness and chewiness attributes in the immune-spayed females. Dry-cured loin sensory traits such as brightness, marbling, chewiness and juiciness, presented better scores in immune-spayed females. Moreover, dry-cured loins showed a higher homogeneity that allowed the effects of spaying to be observed, thus the Principal Component Analysis performed on VOC profile data indicated a better separation of samples among treatment groups. Consequently, immune-spaying could be a viable alternative to surgical spaying from the point of view of meat quality" |
| Keywords: | "Aerosols Animals Contraception, Immunologic/adverse effects/*veterinary Crosses, Genetic Dietary Fats/*analysis Female Food, Preserved/*analysis Hardness Humans Hysterectomy/adverse effects/veterinary Mastication Meat/*analysis Organ Specificity Ovariecto;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGamero-Negron, Rafael Garcia, Carmen Reina, Raquel Sanchez Del Pulgar, Jose eng Comparative Study England 2018/05/29 Meat Sci. 2018 Sep; 143:237-241. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.05.005. Epub 2018 May 9" |
