DOI: 10.17151/biosa.2015.14.1.7
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Romero Peñuela, M. H. ., & Sánchez Valencia, J. A. . (2015). Evaluation of risk factors of pale, soft and exudative (pse) meat due to preslaughter conditions in pigs. Biosalud, 14(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.17151/biosa.2015.14.1.7

Authors

Marlyn Hellen Romero Peñuela
Universidad de Caldas
marlyn.romero@ucaldas.edu.co
Jorge Alberto Sánchez Valencia
Universidad de Caldas
orge.sanchez@ucaldas.edu.co

Abstract

The goal of this study was to determine the effect of pigs’ pre-slaughter handling on incidence of pale soft exudative (PSE) meat and describe risk factors. A total of 20 variables related to transport and preslaughter conditions were recorded over a three months period. A total of 134 lots (3,156 pigs) from a Colombian commercial slaughterhouse were studied. A multivariate logistic regression was used to identify the risk factors prior to slaughter. The pork quality was described as a binomial response (1: normal meat, 2: PSE condition). The incidence of PSE was 5.8%. The results indicate that weight, time of stay in the slaughter house and the presence of skin bruising increase the risk of PSE condition (p < 0.05). A downtime from 12.1 to 36 hours at the slaughterhouse increased the incidence of PSE condition from 4.3 to 9.9 times compared to downtime periods between 4 and 12 hours. Besides, the weight of pigs is a risk factor which increased the incidence of PSE condition (p < 0.05). However, the transport time was not related to low pH values.

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