Original scientific paper
RESEARCH INTO BEEF QUALITY
Bela Njari
; Veterinarski fakultet, Zavod za higijenu i tehnologiju animalnih namirnica, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Josip Živković
; Veterinarski fakultet, Zavod za higijenu i tehnologiju animalnih namirnica, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Ante Borić
; "Euroinspekt", Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Abstract
Quality evaluation results and the classification of cattle carcasses on the slaughter-line of a large industrial slaughter house in the Republic of Croatia were analysed in the period from 1986 to 1990. Thus, 80,761 head of cattle, cosisting of 4,533 calves (5.64 %), 62,986 bullocks and heifers (77.99%) and 13,222 steers and cows (16.37%) were found to fall into the prescribed classification. While the larges number of calf carcaeses were classified into the second class (82,93 %), the halves of bullock and heifer carcasses as well as those of steers and cows were evaluated as the first class in 90,12%, i. e. 70.82% cases. As the prescribed procedure of beef quality evaluation on the slaughter - line was are to a great extent, subjective it should be supplemented by some objective quality indicators.
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Hrčak ID:
162417
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Publication date:
22.5.1992.
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