Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Hale, Daniel S."
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Baird, Bridget Elaine (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Food safety is a critical issue for beef harvest operations. There are multiple interventions available for treating carcasses; however, this project was designed to evaluate an intervention capable of reducing bacterial ...
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Smith, Robert David (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)USDA Choice (n=48) and Select (n=48) paired Beef Loin, Short Loins, Short Cut (IMPS #174) were separated randomly into one of two treatments, dry or wet aging, and were aged for 14, 21, 28, or 35 d. At the end of each aging ...
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Dillon, James T. (2010-01-14)This study was conducted to assess cutout and value differences in Yield Grade 4 beef carcasses by evaluating impacts of gender, fatness, muscling, and weight. USDA Choice, Yield Grade 4 carcasses (n = 60) were selected ...
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King, David Andrew (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Temperament effects on meat quality were investigated using three contemporary groups consisting of Bonsmara-sired yearling-fed (n = 31), Angus-sired calf-fed (n = 49), and Angus-sired yearling-fed (n = 48) steers. To ...
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Tschirhart, Tara Elizabeth (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Muscles (n = 18) were dissected from each side of twenty lamb carcasses. Muscles from the right sides of the carcasses were used to determine weight, length, width, minimum and maximum thickness, objective color measurements, ...
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Sitka, LeeAnn (2009-06-02)This study was conducted to determine threshold levels for Warner-Bratzler shear (WBS) force of the beef value cuts. USDA Choice and USDA Select M. biceps femoris, M. gluteus medius, M. infraspinatus, M. longissimus ...
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Mueller, Stacy Layne (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)An in-home evaluation of beef value cuts from the round was conducted to determine ways to improve palatability attributes for steaks prepared by consumers. The M. vastus lateralis, M. rectus femoris, M. semimembranosus, ...
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Nicholson, John David Whitson (2009-05-15)Packing plants (n = 23), were audited for producer-related defects found in cull cows and bulls. Interviews, live animal and carcass evaluations, and subprimal evaluations were conducted during each audit. A drastic reduction ...
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Segner, Kyle (2012-07-16)As variation in pork tenderness has increased, identification of tenderness has become an industry need. This study consisted of 1208 pork loins randomly selected to test the efficacy of four automated grading techniques. ...