Stress and muscle pathology in poultry: the cause of poor meat quality?

MA Mitchell; DA Sandercock

Stress and muscle pathology in poultry: the cause of poor meat quality?

MA Mitchell^*
, DA Sandercock

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages	139-142
Number of pages	3
No.	March issue
Specialist publication	Pluimvee Bulletin
Publisher	South African Poultry Association
Publication status	Print publication - 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Poultry
Broiler chickens
Turkeys
Heat stress
Transport stress
Elevated thermal load
Skeletal muscle pathology
Meat quality
Plasma CK activity
Muscle membrane integrity
Intracellular calcium regulation
PSE-like meat
Pale soft exudative meat

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title = "Stress and muscle pathology in poultry: the cause of poor meat quality?",

keywords = "Poultry, Broiler chickens, Turkeys, Heat stress, Transport stress, Elevated thermal load, Skeletal muscle pathology, Meat quality, Plasma CK activity, Muscle membrane integrity, Intracellular calcium regulation, PSE-like meat, Pale soft exudative meat",

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year = "2000",

language = "English",

pages = "139--142",

journal = "Pluimvee Bulletin",