Quality characteristics of Longissimus dorsi muscle from Bos indicus animals treated with vitamin D3
Among several techniques to improve beef tenderness, vitamin D3, important for calcium mobilization, has recently been developed as an alternative. It acts on the intracellular calcium-dependent proteases (mu- and m-calpain). Ten days prior to slaughter, 36 Nelore steers were fed 0, 3, 6 and 9 milli...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2003-12-01
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Series: | Scientia Agricola |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000400005&tlng=en |