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http://dx.doi.org/10.5851/kosfa.2017.37.6.873

Poultry Meat Quality in Relation to Muscle Growth and Muscle Fiber Characteristics  

Ismail, Ishamri (Division of Applied Life Science (BK21+), Gyeongsang National University)
Joo, Seon-Tea (Division of Applied Life Science (BK21+), Gyeongsang National University)
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Food Science of Animal Resources / v.37, no.6, 2017 , pp. 873-883 More about this Journal
Abstract
Variations in the definition of poultry meat quality exist because the quality traits are not solely based on intrinsic and extrinsic factors but also consumers' preference. Appearance quality traits (AQT), eating quality traits (EQT), and reliance quality traits (RQT) are the major factors focused by the consumer before buying good quality of poultry meat. AQT and EQT of poultry meat are controlled by physical and biochemical characteristics of muscle fibers which can be categorized into a total number of fibers (TNF), cross-sectional area of fibers (CSAF), and fiber type composition (FTC). In poultry meat, it has been shown that muscle fiber properties play a key role in meat quality because numerous studies have reported the relationships between quality traits and fiber characteristics. Despite intensive research has been carried out to manipulate the muscle fiber to improve poultry meat quality, demand in a rapid growth of poultry muscle has correlated to the deterioration in the meat quality. The present paper reviews the definition of poultry meat quality, meat quality traits, and variations of meat quality. Also, this review presents recent knowledge underlying the relationship between poultry meat quality traits and muscle fiber characteristics.
Keywords
poultry meat; muscle fiber characteristics; PSE; chicken; muscle growth;
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