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Articles | Volume 66, issue 4
Articles | Volume 66, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-66-439-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-66-439-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 66, issue 4
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13 Dec 2023
Original study |  | 13 Dec 2023

The effect of breed and body weight at slaughter on histochemical muscle fiber characteristics and meat quality of longissimus lumborum and semitendinosus lamb muscles

Witold Rant and Aurelia Radzik-Rant

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The composition of muscle fibers is influenced by animal breed or age. In our study we found  differences in fiber diameter between  sheep breeds. Lambs of a more primitive breed were characterized by smaller diameters of all fiber types. The study has shown that the diameters of muscle fibers in the examined muscles increase with age. It was also stated that the muscle type, animal genotype and body weight at slaughter influence the chosen meat quality attributes.
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