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Physiological Responses and Effects on Meat Quality in Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus) Transported on Lorries
Fysiologiske reaks joner og effekter på kjøttkvalitet hos reinsdyr transportert på dyretransportbiler.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 25, pages 128–138 (1984)
Abstract
Reindeer transported on lorries to the slaughterhouse showed strongly elevated plasma noradrenaline, adrenaline and Cortisol values. Plasma creatine kinase and aspartate aminotransferase activity measurements gave no evidence of muscle damage, but by cooking ammonia-like and another taint were observed in the meat from about 25 % of the transported reindeer. A control group consisting of reindeer slaughtered from the gathering corral also showed a high prevalence of these meat taints. Plasma and meat urea values were elevated in the transported reindeer, but there was no correlation between the meat urea values and the intensities of ammonia-like taint. The character of the other observed taint was not defined.
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Reinsdyr som ble transportert til slakteri med dyretransportbiler viste sterkt forhøyde noradrenalin-, adrenalin- og cortisolverdier i plasma. Målinger av kreatin kinase og aspartat aminotransferase aktivitet i plasma indikerte at dyrene ikke hadde utviklet myopathier under transporten. Ved kokeprøve av kjøttet ble det fra 25 % av de transporterte dyrene påvist ammoniakalsk og annen abnorm lukt. Kokeprøve av kjøtt fra reinsdyr som ble slaktet etter å ha oppholdt seg i samlekve i 36 timer viste like høy frekvens av disse luktene. Både ureainnholdet i plasma og kjøtt var forhøyet i transporterte reinsdyr. Det var imidlertid ingen korrelasjon mellom ureainnholdet i kjøttet og intensiteten av ammoniakalsk lukt av kjøttet ved kokeprøve. Karakteren av den andre abnorme lukten som ble påvist ved kokeprøve kunne ikke defineres.
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Haussen, I., Kyrkjebø, A., Opstad, P.K. et al. Physiological Responses and Effects on Meat Quality in Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus) Transported on Lorries. Acta Vet Scand 25, 128–138 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547286
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