Czech J. Food Sci., 2018, 36(5):378-385 | DOI: 10.17221/89/2017-CJFS

Quality of beef diaphragm meat in naturally occurring Sarcocystic infection in cattleFood Analysis, Food Quality and Nutrition

Vytautas JANUSKEVICIUS*,2, Grazina JANUSKEVICIENE1, Gintare ZABORSKIENE1,3
1 Department of Food Safety and Quality
2 Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Veterinary Academy, Kaunas, Lithuania
3 Food Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania

The aim of this study was to investigate the possible harmful effect of Sarcocystis parasites on bovine diaphragm meat quality. Meat samples were collected from 120 bulls aged 20-24 months. Meat quality was investigated using microbiological and physico-chemical (RP-HPLC, GC) methods 48 hours after slaughter. Sarcocystis infection was associated with increased fat content, lightness L* and drip loss, and decreased ash and protein percentages. Infection also had a significant effect on the amount of amino acids (AAs), which slowly decreased as the number of sarcocysts increased. The total amount of AAs correlated with glutamic acid content (R = 0.966, P < 0.05). Heavily infected samples contained significantly lower amounts of putrescine, histamine, spermine and spermidine (P < 0.05) and a noticeable increase in the total count of aerobic microorganisms, but no change in the numbers of E. coli and coliform bacteria in comparison with no infected samples. Sarcocysts in beef diaphragms did not cause serious changes in the technological quality of the meat, but the biological quality of infected meat was reduced.

Keywords: amino acids; bacterial count; beef; Sarcocysts

Published: October 31, 2018  Show citation

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JANUSKEVICIUS V, JANUSKEVICIENE G, ZABORSKIENE G. Quality of beef diaphragm meat in naturally occurring Sarcocystic infection in cattle. Czech J. Food Sci. 2018;36(5):378-385. doi: 10.17221/89/2017-CJFS.
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