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Mitochondrial respiratory and antioxidative enzyme activities in broiler meat in relation to age and gender of the animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2010

C. Werner ,
S. Janisch  and
M. Wicke
C. Werner*
Affiliation:
Institute of Food Quality and Safety, Foundation University of Veterinary Medicine, D-30173 Hannover, Germany
S. Janisch
Affiliation:
Division Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August-University Goettingen, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany
M. Wicke
Affiliation:
Division Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August-University Goettingen, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany
*
†E-mail: Carsten.Werner@tiho-hannover.de
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Abstract

Colour is an important quality parameter of broiler meat influencing the consumer buying behaviour. The alterations of the colour after slaughter are related to the oxidative status of the tissue. This in turn is influenced by an interaction between the mitochondria and the antioxidative enzymes. In this study, breast muscles were collected from hens and cocks of a commercial line slaughtered at the ages of 28 and 41 day. Analysis of the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) was performed with samples obtained 20 min and 48 h after slaughter (post mortem, p.m.), whereas the mitochondrial respiratory activity was analysed in permeabilised breast muscle fibres collected 20 min p.m. The carcass characteristics of breast muscle and leg weight as well as breast yield were significantly higher, and the leg yields lower, in the 41-day-old broiler. The 28-day-old hens and cocks had comparable carcass characteristics (P > 0.05), whereas 41-day-old cocks had significantly higher carcass, breast and leg weight in comparison to the hens. The pH20 min p.m. and the L*48 h p.m. were significantly higher, and the a* and b* values of the 20 min and 48 h p.m. samples as well as the drip loss were significantly lower in the 41-day-old broiler. Mitochondrial respiratory rates were comparable (P > 0.05) between the 28- and 41-day-old cocks and hens. The same result could be found with regard to the activities of the SOD, GPx and GR except for lower activities of the SOD20 min p.m. and higher of the GR48 h min p.m. in the 41-day-old broiler. The concentrations of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances were generally higher in the breast muscles of the 41-day-old broiler. Assorting the data according to their mean pH20 min p.m. indicates a positive influence of higher pH values (>6.34) on the mitochondrial function, whereas a low pH20 min p.m. results in tendentially and significantly higher activities of the antioxidative enzymes and drip loss values. These results indicate a relation between the meat quality and the oxidative metabolism as well as antioxidative capacity of the meat.

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broiler meatmitochondrial respirationantioxidative enzyme activitiesagegender
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animal , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , 04 April 2011 , pp. 813 - 820
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2010

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