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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 1 108-117, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effects of preslaughter muscle exercise on muscle metabolism and meat quality studied in anesthetized pigs of different halothane genotypes

R. E. Klont and E. Lambooy
DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Research Branch Zeist, The Netherlands.

The influence of preslaughter muscle activity was studied on porcine muscle metabolism and meat quality, whereas other stress factors were minimized. Muscle exercise was stimulated by electrical pulses in anesthetized pigs of different halothane genotypes (NN, Nn, nn). A part of the LM and SM was stimulated during the last 15 min of a 45-min period of anesthesia. The contralateral part of each muscle was taken as a non-stimulated control. Antemortem blood and muscle biopsy samples were taken to study the muscle energy metabolism by measuring different metabolites. The same metabolites and certain meat quality characteristics were determined after slaughter. Stimulated muscle exercise led to lower (P < .01) antemortem glycogen and creatine phosphate concentrations and increased (P < .01) lactate and creatine values in pigs of all halothane genotypes. No difference was seen between the three halothane genotypes in the measured glycogen breakdown just before slaughter. Postmortem glycolysis differed between pigs of different halothane genotypes. This resulted in lower (P < .05) glycogen and creatine phosphate values and higher (P < .05) lactate and creatine concentrations for nn pigs than for NN pigs, with intermediate metabolite concentrations for Nn pigs. Water-holding capacity was lower (P < .05) in exercised muscles of NN and Nn pigs than in the muscles of controls. Meat color was only lighter (P < .05) after muscle stimulation in NN pigs. The exercise did not deteriorate the already light color and lower water-holding capacity in nn pigs. Muscle pH can already be low at slaughter and is not only the result of an increased postmortem glycolysis. Preslaughter muscle exercise is relatively more important in determining meat quality from NN and Nn pigs.


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