{"id":1384,"date":"2012-08-06T11:27:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premier1supplies.com\/sheep-guide\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2012-08-22T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:57:17","slug":"meat-technology-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premier1supplies.com\/sheep-guide\/2012\/08\/meat-technology-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb Meat Quality (Australian)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excellent discussion of lamb meat quality and the factors (age, breed, sex, feed, ph, stress in last hrs\/days\/weeks of life) that cause it to vary.<\/p>\n<p>We intend, over the coming months, to add more articles on this subject\u2014because we feel that it is important to the US sheep industry.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->You must click on MLA&#8217;s (Meat and Livestock of Australia) direct link (below as &#8220;PDF&#8221; Meat Technology update) \u00a0to this article to read it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"PDF: Meat technology update\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meatupdate.csiro.au\/data\/MEAT_TECHNOLOGY_UPDATE_00-3.pdf\">PDF: Meat technology update<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First Paragraph: <em>Almost all consumers who buy sheep meat expect it to be tender and flavoursome. Toughness is caused by four major factors\u2014advancing age of the animal, \u2018cold shortening\u2019 (the muscle fibre contraction that can occur during chilling), animal stress [unfavourable meat acidity (pH)], and the cut (i.e. connective tissue content\/structure). Meat quality can be improved by careful selection of pastures, correct pre-slaughter handling and carcase processing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excellent discussion of lamb meat quality and the factors (age, breed, sex, feed, ph, stress in last hrs\/days\/weeks of life) that cause it to vary. 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