• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.1069-1079
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• 2022

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of 4-month intensive feeding on the meat quality, fatty acid profile, flavor, and growth performance of grazing Hulunbuir sheep (HBS). Methods: The HBS were selected 4-months after birth in a pasture rearing system as the experimental animals (n = 44, female, average body weight 23.8±2.2 kg) then divided equally into pasture-based grazing fattening (PAS) and concentrate-included intensive fattening (CON) groups for another 4-month finishing. When finished fattening, all animals were slaughtered to collect musculus longissimus dorsi subcutaneous adipose tissue and to investigate the influences on meat quality, fatty acid profile, flavor and growth performance. Results: The results showed lambs in CON group got significantly higher live weight, hot carcass weight, and dressing percentage. The CON group had significantly higher value of redness (a^*), lightness (L^*) and water holding capacity (p<0.05), significantly lower value of Warner-Bratzler shear force than the PAS group (p<0.05). The subcutaneous fat from CON group lambs demonstrated a significantly higher content of C18:1 and C18:2 (p<0.05), but lower C14:0 and C16:0, indicating an increased degree of unsaturated fatty acid. The content of 4-methyloctanoic acid, 4-ethyloctanoic acid and 4-methylnonanoic acid had increased 2 to 4 times, representing a more intense odor in the CON group. However, the values were still lower than most sheep breeds reported, indicating the indoor feeding system could not fundamentally deteriorate the excellent meat characteristic of HBS. Conclusion: It was evident that lambs in CON group exhibited a better meat production performance, improved in meat color, texture and healthier fatty acid profile through pasture-weaned concentrate included intensive fattening system, which offers a good alternative regimen for lamb finishing and has a wide prospection in the HBS meat industry.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권6호
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• pp.1046-1062
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• 2022

This study investigated the effects of L-glutamine (Gln) supplementation on growth performance, physiological traits, heat shock proteins (HSPs), and gene expression related to muscle and adipose tissue development in Hanwoo steers under heat stress (HS) conditions. Eight Hanwoo steers (initial body weight [BW] 570.7 ± 43.6 kg, months of age 22.3 ± 0.88) were randomly separated into two groups, control and treatment, and supplied with the concentration (1.5% of BW kg/day/head) and rice straw (1.5 kg/day/head). The treatment group were fed the Gln supplementation (0.5% of concentration, as-fed basis) once a day at 08:00 h. Blood samples for the assessment of haematological and biochemical parameters and the separation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected four times, at 0, 3, 6, and 10 weeks of the experiment. Feed intake was measured daily. BW to analyze growth performance and hair follicle collection to analyze the expression of HSPs were executed four times at 0, 3, 6, and 10 weeks. To analyze gene expression, longissimus dorsi muscle samples were collected by biopsy at the end of the study. As a result, growing performance, including final BW, average daily gain, and gain-to-feed ratio, were not different between the two groups. Leukocytes including lymphocytes and granulocytes, tended to increase in the Gln supplementation group (p = 0.058). There were also no differences in biochemical parameters shown between the two groups, except total protein and albumin, both of which were lower in the Gln supplementation group (p < 0.05). Gene expressions related to muscle and adipose tissue development were not different between the two groups. As temperature-humidity index (THI) increased, HSP70 and HSP90 expression in the hair follicle showed a high correlation. HSP90 in the hair follicle was decreased in the treatment group compared with the control group at 10 weeks (p < 0.05). Collectively, dietary Gln supplementation (0.5% of concentration, as-fed basis) may not be influential enough to affect growth performance and gene expression related to muscle and adipose tissue development in steers. However, Gln supplementation increased the number of immune cells and decreased HSP90 in the hair follicle implying HS reduction in the corresponding group.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.353-364
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• 2022

The present study aimed to assess the feasibility of increasing the slaughter weight (SW) of non-lean finishing pigs to improve their meat quality. A total of 36 (Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc gilts and barrows were slaughtered at 115 (Av), 125 (Hi), or 135 (XHi) kg, followed by physicochemical analyses and sensory evaluation on their longissimus dorsi (LD) and Semimembranosus (SM) muscles. Backfat thickness was greater (p < 0.05) for the XHi (31.2 mm) and Hi (29.3 mm) groups than for Av (25.0 mm). Dressing percentage and yield of the belly per whole carcass were also slightly greater for XHi and Hi vs. Av. The intramuscular fat (IMF) content of SM was greater for XHi (2.64%) than for Av (1.83%) and Hi (2.04%) and also was correlated with SW (r = 0.55). The pH value, lightness, redness, drip loss, shear force, and moisture and protein contents of LD and SM, as well as IMF content of LD, were unaffected by SW. Percentages of 14:0, 16:0, and total saturated fatty acids (FA) were less for Hi and XHi vs. Av in SM, those of total unsaturated FA, 18:2, 20:4, and n-6 being opposite; FA composition of LM was not influenced by SW except for a reduced 18:0 percentage for XHi vs. Av. The sensory score was less for XHi vs. Av for odor in fresh LD and SM, and less for Hi and XHi vs. Av for aroma in fresh LM; scores for color, drip loss, marbling, and acceptability were unaffected by SW. As for cooked muscles, none of the scores for color, aroma, flavor, juiciness, tenderness, and acceptability was affected by SW, except for a greater LD color score for Hi and XHi vs. Av. Collectively, the results suggested that the increased yield of the carcass and belly due to increased SW is outbalanced negatively by excessive backfat deposition in production efficiency, whereas the SW increase exerts little influence on overall sensory quality of fresh or cooked meat. Production of non-lean market pigs overweighing 115 kg therefore will be uneconomical unless consumers pay a substantial premium for the over-fattened pork.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.1246-1246
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• 2001

The quality of meat is highly variable in many properties. This variability originates from both animal production and meat processing. At the pre-slaughter stage, animal factors such as breed, sex, age contribute to this variability. Environmental factors include feeding, rearing, transport and conditions just before slaughter (Hildrum et al., 1995). Meat can be presented in a variety of forms, each offering different opportunities for adulteration and contamination. This has imposed great pressure on the food manufacturing industry to guarantee the safety of meat. Tissue and muscle speciation of flesh foods, as well as speciation of animal derived by-products fed to all classes of domestic animals, are now perhaps the most important uncertainty which the food industry must resolve to allay consumer concern. Recently, there is a demand for rapid and low cost methods of direct quality measurements in both food and food ingredients (including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), thin layer chromatography (TLC), enzymatic and inmunological tests (e.g. ELISA test) and physical tests) to establish their authenticity and hence guarantee the quality of products manufactured for consumers (Holland et al., 1998). The use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) for the rapid, precise and non-destructive analysis of a wide range of organic materials has been comprehensively documented (Osborne et at., 1993). Most of the established methods have involved the development of NIRS calibrations for the quantitative prediction of composition in meat (Ben-Gera and Norris, 1968; Lanza, 1983; Clark and Short, 1994). This was a rational strategy to pursue during the initial stages of its application, given the type of equipment available, the state of development of the emerging discipline of chemometrics and the overwhelming commercial interest in solving such problems (Downey, 1994). One of the advantages of NIRS technology is not only to assess chemical structures through the analysis of the molecular bonds in the near infrared spectrum, but also to build an optical model characteristic of the sample which behaves like the “finger print” of the sample. This opens the possibility of using spectra to determine complex attributes of organic structures, which are related to molecular chromophores, organoleptic scores and sensory characteristics (Hildrum et al., 1994, 1995; Park et al., 1998). In addition, the application of statistical packages like principal component or discriminant analysis provides the possibility to understand the optical properties of the sample and make a classification without the chemical information. The objectives of this present work were: (1) to examine two methods of sample presentation to the instrument (intact and minced) and (2) to explore the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and Soft Independent Modelling of class Analogy (SIMCA) to classify muscles by quality attributes. Seventy-eight (n: 78) beef muscles (m. longissimus dorsi) from Hereford breed of cattle were used. The samples were scanned in a NIRS monochromator instrument (NIR Systems 6500, Silver Spring, MD, USA) in reflectance mode (log 1/R). Both intact and minced presentation to the instrument were explored. Qualitative analysis of optical information through PCA and SIMCA analysis showed differences in muscles resulting from two different feeding systems.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2005

본 연구는 셀레늄급원으로서 셀레늄강화 버섯 폐배지를 비육후기의 거세한우에게 급여기간을 달리하여 급여하였을 때, 도축 후, 한우육의 육질 및 도체특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 채끝의 일반성분은 단백질을 제외한 모든 성분이 셀레늄강화버섯 폐배지급여기간에 의해 변화되지 않았다. 단백질은 6개월구가 20.8%로 가장 높았고, 4개월구가 19.2%로 가장 낮은 조성을 보였다. 유기셀레늄의 급여에 의한 채끝육의 물리적 특성 및 육색에는 처리구간 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 그러나, 보수력은 대조구 59.5%에 비하여 시험구 2개월, 4개월 및 6개월 급여구에서 각각 63.8, 64.4, 64.2%로 유의적으로 높았다(p<0.05). 육질 및 육량등급은 급여기간에 의해 영향을 받지 않았고, 도체특성 또한 유의한 차이를 보이지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과로부터 셀레늄강화버섯폐배지의 급여가 육질 및 도체특성에는 유의한 효과가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만, 급여기간이 증가할 수록 근육조직내 보수력이 증가하여, 이와 같은 결과는 항산화효과와 관계하는 것으로 사료된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1545-1555
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• 2022

Objective: Our study aimed to investigate the effects of a 2% increase in dietary total digestible nutrients (TDN) value during the growing (7 to 12 mo of age) and fattening (13 to 30 mo of age) period of Hanwoo steers. Methods: Two hundred and twenty Hanwoo steers were assigned to one of two treatments: i) a control group (basal TDN, BTDN, n = 111 steers, growing = 70.5%, early fattening = 71.0%, late fattening = 74.0%) or high TDN (HTDN, n = 109 steers, growing = 72.6%, early = 73.1%, late = 76.2%). Growth performance, carcass traits, blood parameters, and gene expression of longissimus dorsi (LD) (7, 18, and 30 mo) were quantified. Results: Steers on the BTDN diets had increased (p≤0.02) DMI throughout the feeding trial compared to HTDN, but gain did not differ appreciably. A greater proportion of cattle in HTDN received Korean quality grade 1 (82%) or greater compared to BTDN (77%), while HTDN had a greater yield grade (29%) than BTDN (20%). Redness (a^*) of LD muscle was improved (p = 0.021) in steers fed HTDN. Feeding the HTDN diet did not alter blood parameters. Steers fed HTDN diet increased (p = 0.015) the proportion of stearic acid and tended to alter linoleic acid. Overall, saturated, unsaturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids of LD muscle were not impacted by the HTDN treatment. A treatment by age interaction was noted for mRNA expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) IIA, IIX, and stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) (p≤0.026). No treatment effect was detected on gene expression from LD muscle biopsies at 7, 18, and 30 mo of age; however, an age effect was detected for all variables measured (p≤0.001). Conclusion: Our results indicated that feeding HTDN diet could improve overall quality grade while minimum effects were noted in gene expression, blood parameters, and growing performance. Cattle performance prediction in the feedlot is a critical decision-making tool for optimal planning of cattle fattening and these data provide both benchmark physiological parameters and growth performance measures for Hanwoo cattle feeding enterprises.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.1483-1494
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• 2024

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of slaughter age on carcass traits, meat quality, and the relative mRNA levels of lipid metabolism-related genes in different muscles of Taihang black goats. Methods: In this study, the triceps brachii (TB), longissimus dorsi (LD) and gluteus (GL) muscles of 15 grazing Taihang black goats slaughtered at the age of 2, 3, and 4 (designated as 2-year-old, 3-year-old, and 4-year-old, respectively) were collected. The differences in carcass shape, meat quality, amino acid composition and lipid metabolism gene expression among Taihang black goats of different ages and from different plant parts were compared. Results: Compared with goats at other ages, goats slaughtered at the age of 4 had greater live and carcass weights, meat weights, bone weights and skin areas (p<0.05). LD in the 4-years-old had the lowest cooking loss and moisture content. The crude protein content in the LD of 2-year-old was significantly greater than that in the other age group, and at the age of 2, the LD had the highest crude protein content than TB and GL. The highest fat content was in LD, followed by TB, for goats slaughtered at the age of 4. Eight out of 9 essential amino acids had higher content in the TB compared with other muscles, regardless of age. The total essential amino acid content was highest in the 4-year-old and lowest in the GL muscle at the age of 3. The sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) and adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) genes were significantly more abundant in the TB muscle than in the other muscles for goats slaughtered at the age of 2. At the age of 4, the ATGL and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) genes were significantly more abundant in the GL than in the LD, while the fatty acid synthase (FAS) genes were significantly less abundant in the GL than in the other muscles. Similarly, compared with those in goats of other ages, the relative mRNA expression levels of the FAS and heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) genes in goats slaughtered at the age of 4 were the highest, and the relative mRNA expression of the PPARγ gene was the lowest (p<0.05). The relative mRNA expression of the H-FABP and FAS genes was positively correlated with the intramuscular fat (IMF) content, while the relative mRNA expression levels of the PPARγ and ATGL genes was negatively correlated with the IMF content. Conclusion: Overall, a better nutritional value was obtained for TB from 4-year-old goats, in which the total essential amino acid and fat contents were greater than those of other muscles. The comprehensive action of lipid metabolism genes was consistent with that of the IMF content, among which the FAS, H-FABP, PPARγ, and ATGL genes had positive and negative effects on the process of IMF deposition in Taihang black goats.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.387-391
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• 2007

본 연구는 비육돈에 있어서 영양소 및 원료첨가 수준이 다른 사료의 급여가 생산성, 혈중 요소태질소 및 육질특성에 미치는 영향에 대해 평가하기 위하여 시험을 실시하였다. 3원 교잡종($Landrace{\times}Yorkshire{\times}Duroc$) 비육돈 96두를 공시하였으며 시험 개시시 체중이 $63.50{\pm}1.17\;kg$이었고 66일간 개체별 사양시험을 실시하였다. 실험설계는 1) T1 (ME 3,441 kcal/kg, CP 16.30%, lysine 0.93%) 2) T2 (ME 3,433 kcal/kg, CP 17.00%, lysine 1.00%) 및 3) T3 (ME 3,449 kcal/kg, CP 17.00%, lysine 1.00%)로 3개 처리를 하여 처리당 8반복, 반복당 4두씩 완전임의 배치하였다. 사양시험 기간 동안 일당증체량, 일당사료섭취량, 사료효율 및 혈중 요소태 질소 농도는 처리구간 유의적인 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 육색에서는 황색도를 나타내는 $b^*$값은 T3 처리구가 T2 처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 하지만, $L^*$값, $a^*$값, pH, 등심단면적, 드립감량, 조리감량, TBARS 및 보수력은 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 1 kg 증체에 요구되는 사료비는 T3 처리구가 높게 나타났으나 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). 결론적으로, 본 시험의 결과는 비육돈에 있어서 영양소 및 원료첨가 수준의 차이가 생산성, 육질특성에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.427-436
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• 2004

본 연구는 현수방법이 한우 육질에 미치는 영향과 근육간 육질특성 차이에 영향을 주는 요인을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 총 18두 한우 거세우의 좌도체와 우도체를 순차적으로 tendaerstretch(TS) 처리하고, 다음날 양 도체의 longissimus(LD), semimembranosus(SM), tricepsbrachii(TB)을 발골하여 7일 동안 숙성하였다. 관능검사는 한국식 바베큐(BBQ)와 서양식 스테이크(Grill) 방법으로 360명을 대상으로 실시하였고, 동시에 전단력, 보수력, 가열 감량, 근절길이와 근내 조지방 함량을 측정하였다. 소비자 맛 지수는 도체 육질등급이 높은 경우 LD는 높았으나(P < 0.05), TB는 차이가 없었다. 한편, SM은 Grill의 경우에만 높은 듭급이 높은(P < 0.05) 값을 없었다. 이 결과는 높은 도체 육질등급은 LD의 경우 맛이 우수하다는 것을 증명하나, SM과 TB의 맛은 대변하지 못한다는 것을 시사한다. Tenderstretch는 TB의 관능 특성 및 물리적 육질 특성에는 영향을 미치지 않았고, 다른 근육의 가열 감량에도 영향을 미치지 않았다. 한편, 이 현수 방법은 LD와 SM의 근절길이와 맛 지수를 증가(P < 0.05) 시키고 전단력을 감소(P < 0.05) 시켰다. 이 결과는 시료가 7일 동안 냉장 숙성되었다는 점을 고려할 때, 결체조직의 약화와 관련되었다는 것을 시사하고 있다. 도체 육질등급에 따른 현수방법의 특별한 효과는 대부분 육질 특성에는 관찰되지 않았으나, tenderstretch된 SM의 맛 지수가 처리를 하지 않은 LD와 동하였다. 이 결과는 소비자들이 tenderstretch한 우둔을 불고기 형태로 소비했을 경우 등심과 같은 맛을 느낄 수 있다는 것을 의미한다. 소비자 맛 지수와 기계적 육질 측정치와의 상관관계에서, LD의 경우 근내지방과 유의적(P < 0.05) 상관관계를 보였고, SM의 경우는 근절길이와 유의적(P < 0.05) 관계를 보였다. 이 결과는 근육에 따라 맛을 대변할 수 있는 예측 요인이 다르다는 것을 시사한다. SM의 경우 보수력과 가열 감량이 높은 음의 상관관계를 보여, 보수력과 가열 감량과의 관계를 잘 나타내고 있으나, 다른 근육에서는 높은 상관도가 관찰되지 않았다. 소비자가 느끼는 맛 차이를 포함하여 실험실적 측정요인을 이용한 근육간 별별력 검사를 하였을때 약 77%의 확률에서 분류되었다. 근육간 차이에서 가장 큰 요인은 맛지수였고, 가열 감량과 근절길이도 큰 요인으로 작용했다. 이 결과는 전단력 측정의 절대치와 맛과의 관계는 근육에 따라 다르다는 것을 나타내며, 근육간 맛 차이는 전단력보다 가열 감량과 근절길이가 설명력이 높다는 것을 나타냈다. 본 연구 결과는 Tenderstretch는 우둔과 같은 비인기부위의 맛 지수를 높이는데 유용한 방법이고, 기계적인 육질측정 방법이 국내 소비자 맛 지수를 예측하는데 한계가 있다는 것을 시사한다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.833-840
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• 2004

1995년부터 10년간 축산연구소에서 도축된 한우도체 773두에 대하여 한우도체의 육질등급 판정 요인특성을 출하체중 및 성에 따라 분석하였으며 육질등급에 따른 배최장근의 이화학적 특성 및 관능특성을 조사하였다. 육질등급은 출하체중대별로 거세우 및 암소가 수소에 비하여 우수하였으며(P<0.05) 출하 체중이 높을수록 육질응급이 향상되었다. 육질등급 판정요인 중 근내지방도, 조직감, 성숙도, 육색 및 지방색은 성별로 차이 가(P<0.01) 있었으나 출하체중별로는 근내지방도와 성숙도 요인만 차이가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 한우의 최종 육질등급은 근내지방도(r= - 0.$81^{**}), 육색(r= 0.21^{**}), 지방색(r= 0.10^{**}) 및 조직감(r =0.41^{**}$)과 상관관계가 있었으나 성숙도는 영향이 없었다. 배최장근에서 측정한 평균 단백질함량, 수분함량 빛 지방함량은 각각 20.68%, 69.34% 및 8.05%로 육질등급이 3등급에서 $1^+$등급으로 우수할수록 단백질함량 및 수분함량은 감소되었고 지방함량은 증가되었다(P<0.01). 전단력, 가열감량 및 보수성은 평균 5.2kg/$cm^2$, 129.4% 및 47.3%로서 육질등급이 증가됨에 따라 전단력과 가열감량은 감소되었으나(P<0.01), 보수력은 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 육색은 육질등급이 증가함에 따라 명도와 적색도 및 황색도는 유의적으로 증가하였다(P<0.01). 관능특성에서, 풍미와 다즙성은 및 연도는 육질등급이 우수할수록 유의적으로 증가하였다(P<0.01). 배최장근의 지방함량은 전단력(r=$0.56^*$)과 보수성(r=$0.18^{**}) 및 다즙성 (r=0.46^{**}), 연도(r =0.49^{**}), 향미 (r= 0.34^*)에 상관관계가 높은 것으로 분석되었으며 전단력이 높을수록 관능특성 요인인 향미, 연도, 다즙성이 나쁜 것으로 분석되었다.