Ostrich slaughter and fabrication: 1. Slaughter yields of carcasses and effects of electrical stimulation on post-mortem pH. Academic Article

abstract

• A commercial ostrich slaughter protocol was developed. Ostriches (n = 7 males and n = 7 females) averaged 95.54 kg live weight and yielded 55.91-kg carcasses. By-product yields were measured. The most significant by-products by weight were full viscera (8.29 kg), hide (6.71 kg), full gizzard and crop (5.80 kg), and abdominal fat (4.11 kg). Sex had no effect on slaughter yields. Post-mortem temperature declines were measured on five separate muscles and showed that chilling for 24 h was sufficient to adequately chill the deep muscle temperature to under 4 C. The effect of electrical stimulation on post-mortem pH decline also was investigated and had no effect.

authors

• Acuff, Gary
• Hale, Daniel
• Miller, Rhonda
• Savell, Jeffrey

published proceedings

• Poult Sci

author list (cited authors)

• Morris, C. A., Harris, S. D., May, S. G., Jackson, T. C., Hale, D. S., Miller, R. K., ... Savell, J. W.

citation count

• 37

complete list of authors

• Morris, CA||Harris, SD||May, SG||Jackson, TC||Hale, DS||Miller, RK||Keeton, JT||Acuff, GR||Lucia, LM||Savell, JW

publication date

• October 1995

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Poultry Science  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Birds
• Body Weight
• Electric Stimulation
• Female
• Food Handling
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
• Male
• Sex Factors
• Temperature

PubMed Central ID

• 8559734

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3382/ps.0741683

start page

• 1683

end page

• 1687

volume

• 74

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps.0741683