Physico‐chemical characteristics of Longissimus lumborum muscle in goats subjected to halal slaughter and anesthesia (halothane) pre‐slaughter |
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| Authors: | Azad Behnan Sabow Awis Qurni Sazili Idrus Zulkifli Yong Meng Goh Mohd Zainal Abidin AB Kadir Kazeem Dauda Adeyemi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Selangor, Malaysia;2. Department of Animal Resource, University of Salahaddin, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq;3. Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Selangor, Malaysia;4. Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia;5. Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selangor, Malaysia;6. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Selangor, Malaysia;7. Centre for Electromagnetic and Lightning Protection Research (CELP), Malaysia;8. Department of Animal Production, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | This study assessed the effect of halal slaughter and anesthesia pre‐slaughter followed by bleeding on meat quality characteristics of goats. Eleven male Boer cross goats were divided into two groups and subjected to either halal slaughter (HS) or anesthesia with halothane and propofol pre‐slaughter (AS). At pre‐rigor, HS had significantly lower (P < 0.05) muscle pH and glycogen than AS. However, no significant difference was observed in the pH and glycogen content between the treatments on 1, 3 and 7 days post mortem. The drip loss of HS was significantly lower (P < 0.05) than that of AS at all aging periods. Treatment had no effect on sarcomere length, myofibrillar fragmentation index and shear force values, loss of thiol groups and degradation of major myofibrillar proteins. It can be concluded that HS did not have deleterious effect on meat quality traits of goat when compared to AS. |
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| Keywords: | goat halal slaughter meat quality minimal anesthesia |
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