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Author Lonergan, Steven Michael, author

Title The science of animal growth and meat technology / Steven M. Lonergan, David G. Topel, Dennis N. Marple
Edition Second edition
Published London, U.K. : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 280 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Historical perspectives of the meat and animal industry and their relationship to animal growth, body composition, and meat technology -- Prenatal growth and its relationship to carcass and meat quality traits -- Bone growth and development with relationships to live animal and carcass evaluation -- Muscle growth and development and relationships to meat quality and composition -- Fat and fat cells in domestic animals -- Growth curves and growth patterns -- Harvest processes for meat -- Methods to measure body composition of domestic animals -- Intrinsic cues of fresh meat quality -- Conversion of muscle to meat -- Muscle structure and function -- Meat microbiology and safety -- Fresh and cured meat processing and preservation -- Sausage processing and production -- Packaging for meat and meat products
Summary This book combines fundamental science-based and practical concepts relating to the prenatal and postnatal growth of cattle, sheep, and pigs. It provides the necessary components to understand the production and growth of livestock for safe and quality meat products and presents an understanding of the principles of meat science and technology. Information on the slaughter process of animals, muscle structure and meat tenderness, meat quality, meat safety, and microbiology are included in this reference text.--adapted from publisher's description
Notes Revised edition of: The science of animal growth & meat technology / David G. Topel, Dennis N. Marple, Steven M. Lonergan, F.C. Parrish Jr. ©2013
Includes index
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ScienceDirect, viewed February 6, 2019)
Subject Meat -- Textbooks
Meat -- Quality -- Textbooks
Meat -- Research -- Textbooks
Meat industry and trade -- Textbooks
COOKING -- General.
Meat
Meat industry and trade
Meat -- Quality
Meat -- Research
Genre/Form Textbooks
Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
Author Topel, David G., author
Marple, Dennis Neil, 1945- author.
ISBN 9780128152782
0128152788
012815277X
9780128152775