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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
38
Citations
6293
World Ranking
1365
National Ranking
79

Best Publications

  • Is Z-disk degradation responsible for postmortem tenderization?

    Richard G. Taylor;Geert H. Geesink;Valery F. Thompson;Mohammad Koohmaraie

  • Contribution of postmortem muscle biochemistry to the delivery of consistent meat quality with particular focus on the calpain system

    M. Koohmaraie;G.H. Geesink

  • μ-Calpain is essential for postmortem proteolysis of muscle proteins,

    G. H. Geesink;S. Kuchay;A. H. Chishti;M. Koohmaraie

  • Exogenous Proteases for Meat Tenderization

    Alaa A. Bekhit;David L. Hopkins;Geert Geesink;Adnan A. Bekhit

  • Cattle temperament: persistence of assessments and associations with productivity, efficiency, carcass and meat quality traits.

    Linda Cafe;Dorothy L Robinson;Drewe Ferguson;Drewe Ferguson;Brooke Louise McIntyre

  • Effect of calpastatin on degradation of myofibrillar proteins by mu-calpain under postmortem conditions.

    Geert H. Geesink;Mohammad Koohmaraie

  • Postmortem proteolysis and calpain/calpastatin activity in callipyge and normal lamb biceps femoris during extended postmortem storage.

    Geert H. Geesink;Mohammad Koohmaraie

  • Genetic parameters for meat quality traits of Australian lamb meat

    S.I. Mortimer;J.H.J. van der Werf;R.H. Jacob;D.L. Hopkins

  • The effects of natural antioxidants on oxidative processes and metmyoglobin reducing activity in beef patties

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  • Prediction of pork quality attributes from near infrared reflectance spectra

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  • Intramuscular fat in the longissimus muscle is reduced in lambs from sires selected for leanness

    L. Pannier;L. Pannier;D.W. Pethick;D.W. Pethick;G.H. Geesink;G.H. Geesink;A.J. Ball;A.J. Ball

  • The calpain system in three muscles of normal and callipyge sheep.

    E. F. Delgado;G. H. Geesink;J. A. Marchello;D. E. Goll

  • Prediction of pork quality using visible/near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

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  • Explaining the variation in lamb longissimus shear force across and within ageing periods using protein degradation, sarcomere length and collagen characteristics.

    Colin P. Starkey;Colin P. Starkey;Geert H. Geesink;V. Hutton Oddy;David L. Hopkins

  • Do sarcomere length, collagen content, pH, intramuscular fat and desmin degradation explain variation in the tenderness of three ovine muscles?

    Colin.P. Starkey;Colin.P. Starkey;Geert.H. Geesink;Damian Collins;V. Hutton Oddy

  • Health beneficial long chain omega-3 fatty acid levels in Australian lamb managed under extensive finishing systems

    Eric N. Ponnampalam;Kym L. Butler;Robin H. Jacob;David W. Pethick

  • Production and processing studies on calpain-system gene markers for tenderness in Brahman cattle: 1. Growth, efficiency, temperament, and carcass characteristics.

    L. M. Cafe;B. L. McIntyre;D. L. Robinson;G. H. Geesink

  • Properties of myofibril-bound calpain activity in longissimus muscle of callipyge and normal sheep.

    E F Delgado;G H Geesink;J A Marchello;D E Goll

  • Rigor temperature and meat quality characteristics of lamb longissimus muscle.

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  • Preliminary estimates of genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits in Australian sheep

    S. I. Mortimer;J. H. J. van der Werf;J. H. J. van der Werf;R. H. Jacob;R. H. Jacob;D. W. Pethick;D. W. Pethick

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