title: Meat Quality of Loin and Top Round Muscles from the Hanwoo and Holstein Veal Calves.
abstract: This study was conducted to compare the meat qualities of loin (m. longissimus dorsi) and top round (m. semimembranosus) from Hanwoo and Holstein veal. Ten Hanwoo and Holstein calves were randomly selected from a local cattle farm and raised. They were slaughtered when they were 8 mon old and weighed. Weight and percentage in primal cuts and slaughter performance of Hanwoo and Holstein veal calves are obtained. Immediately after weighting, slices of loin and top round muscles were sampled. After vacuum packaging, the samples were subjected to proximate composition, physicochemical and microbiological analyses. Dressing weight and percentage were heavier and greater (p<0.05) in the Holstein than in the Hanwoo. Water contents of the top round muscle was higher in the Holstein than in the Hanwoo (p<0.05). Water-holding capacity, protein content and CIE L* (lightness) of both muscles were higher in the Holstein than in the Hanwoo veal, whereas fat content, pH, cooking loss, a* (redness), and b* (yellowness) were higher in the Hanwoo than in the Holstein veal (p<0.05). Thiobarbituric acid and volatile basic nitrogen values of both the muscles were lower in the Hanwoo than in the Holstein veal during the first 10 d of storage (p<0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Administration and Food Hygiene, Jinju Health College, Jinju 52655, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Gyun
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science and Resources, Sangji University, Wonju 26339, Korea.
authors.forename: Eui-Gang
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science and Resources, Sangji University, Wonju 26339, Korea.
authors.forename: Ku-Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chung
keywords: Hanwoo veal; Holstein veal; loin; meat quality; top round