title: Effect of quantum therapy on pork quality.
abstract: In this study the impact of quantum therapy on meat quality of slaughtered pigs was investigated. For this purpose the pigs were treated with different doses of magnet-infrared-laser (MIL) radiation. Animals were divided into four groups according to radiation doses (4096, 512, and 64 Hz, and control without application), which were applied in the lumbar area of musculus longissimus dorsi (loin) at various time intervals prior to the slaughter (14 d, 24 h, and 1 h). Animals were slaughtered and the meat quality was evaluated by determining of pH value (1, 3, and 24 h post slaughter), drip loss, colour, and lactic acid and phosphoric acid amounts. MIL therapy can be used in various fields of veterinary medicine as are surgery and orthopaedics, internal medicine, dentistry, pulmonology, gastroenterology, gynaecology, urology, nephrology, and dermatology. The results achieved showed that MIL radiation used in a short period before slaughter (1 h) can cause a change in the meat quality, as reflected by the non-standard development of pH values, increases in drip loss, and changes of meat colour.
authors: Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, the Slovak Republic. marbovet@gmail.com
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Bodnár
authors: Jozef
authors: J
authors: Nagy
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Popelka
authors: Beáta
authors: B
authors: Koréneková
authors: Ján
authors: J
authors: Mačanga
authors: Alena
authors: A
authors: Nagyová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003116:Color; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D008460:Meat / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000592:standards; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013552:Swine