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550
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - ASAS Fellow: Teaching Category, American Society of Animal Science
  • 1999 - Meats Research Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Michael E. Dikeman is a researcher affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their work spans several fields of study, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Nursing.

Their research covers various subfields such as Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biomedical Engineering. This interdisciplinary approach supports a broad exploration of biological and biochemical topics.

The main topics of Michael E. Dikeman's work include:

  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Pharmacological Effects and Assays
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Michael E. Dikeman has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as J.T. Keeton and Robyn D. Warner, indicating active engagement in joint research projects within their area of expertise.

During their career, Michael E. Dikeman has received the following awards:

  • ASAS Fellow: Teaching Category, American Society of Animal Science (2013)
  • Meats Research Award, American Society of Animal Science (1999)

Best Publications

  • Research Guidelines for Cookery, Sensory Evaluation, and Instrumental Tenderness Measurements of Meat

    Tommy L. Wheeler;Linda S. Papadopoulos;K. Miller

  • Evaluation of attributes that affect longissimus muscle tenderness in bos taurus and bos indicus cattle

    G. Whipple;M. Koohmaraie;M. Koohmaraie;M. E. Dikeman;M. E. Dikeman;J. D. Crouse;J. D. Crouse

  • Characterization of Biological Types of Cattle (Cycle III).III. Carcass Composition, Quality and Palatability

    R. M. Koch;R. M. Koch;R. M. Koch;M. E. Dikeman;M. E. Dikeman;M. E. Dikeman;D. M. Allen;D. M. Allen;D. M. Allen;M. May;M. May;M. May

  • Validation of commercial DNA tests for quantitative beef quality traits.

    A. L. Van Eenennaam;J. Li;R. M. Thallman;R. L. Quaas

  • Association of markers in the bovine CAPN1 gene with meat tenderness in large crossbred populations that sample influential industry sires.

    B. T. Page;E. Casas;R. L. Quaas;R. M. Thallman

  • Effects of restraint and isolation stress and epidural blockade on endocrine and blood metabolite status, muscle glycogen metabolism, and incidence of dark-cutting longissimus muscle of sheep.

    J K Apple;M E Dikeman;J E Minton;R M McMurphy

  • Effects of metabolic modifiers on carcass traits and meat quality.

    M.E. Dikeman

  • Predicting beef-longissimus tenderness from various biochemical and histological muscle traits.

    G. Whipple;G. Whipple;M. Koohmaraie;M. Koohmaraie;M. E. Dikeman;M. E. Dikeman;J. D. Crouse;J. D. Crouse

  • PREDICTIVE VALUE OF USDA BEEF QUALITY GRADE FACTORS FOR COOKED MEAT PALATABILITY

    D. R. Campion;J. D. Crouse;M. E. Dikeman

  • Sensory evaluation of beef-flavor-intensity, tenderness, and juiciness among major muscles.

    C.F. Carmack;C.L. Kastner;M.E. Dikeman;J.R. Schwenke

  • Effects of calcium salts on beef longissimus quality.

    T.E Lawrence;M.E Dikeman;M.C Hunt;C.L Kastner

  • Bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle: phenotypic, environmental, and genetic correlations with growth, carcass, and longissimus muscle palatability traits.

    G. D. Snowder;L. D. Van Vleck;L. V. Cundiff;G. L. Bennett

  • Breed effects and retained heterosis for growth, carcass, and meat traits in advanced generations of composite populations of beef cattle

    K E Gregory;L V Cundiff;R M Koch;M E Dikeman

  • Effects of dry, vacuum, and special bag aging; USDA quality grade; and end-point temperature on yields and eating quality of beef Longissimus lumborum steaks.

    Michael E. Dikeman;Ersel Obuz;Veli Gök;Levent Akkaya

  • Effects of cooking method, reheating, holding time, and holding temperature on beef longissimus lumborum and biceps femoris tenderness.

    E Obuz;M.E Dikeman;T.M Loughin

  • Influence of Dietary Energy and Protein on Growth and Carcass Composition in Different Biological Types of Cattle1 ,2

    R. L. Prior;R. L. Prior;R. H. Kohlmeier;R. H. Kohlmeier;L. V. Cundiff;L. V. Cundiff;M. E. Dikeman;M. E. Dikeman

  • Phenotypic ranges and relationships among carcass and meat palatability traits for fourteen cattle breeds, and heritabilities and expected progeny differences for Warner-Bratzler shear force in three beef cattle breeds

    M. E. Dikeman;E. J. Pollak;Z. Zhang;D. W. Moser

  • Beef longissimus lumborum, biceps femoris, and deep pectoralis Warner–Bratzler shear force is affected differently by endpoint temperature, cooking method, and USDA quality grade

    E Obuz;M.E Dikeman;J.P Grobbel;J.W Stephens

  • Effects of total iron, myoglobin, hemoglobin, and lipid oxidation of uncooked muscles on livery flavor development and volatiles of cooked beef steaks.

    E.J. Yancey;J.P. Grobbel;M.E. Dikeman;J.S. Smith

  • Longissimus muscle quality, palatability and connective tissue histological characteristics of bulls and steers fed different energy levels and slaughtered at four ages.

    M. E. Dikeman;G. B. Reddy;V. H. Arthaud;H. J. Tuma

  • Chilling and cooking rate effects on some myofibrillar determinants of tenderness of beef.

    D.A. King;Michael E. Dikeman;T.L. Wheeler;Curtis L. Kastner

  • The effect of low-intensity ultrasound treatment on shear properties, color stability and shelf-life of vacuum-packaged beef semitendinosus and biceps femoris muscles.

    F.W. Pohlman;M.E. Dikeman;J.F. Zayas

  • Effects of high intensity ultrasound treatment, storage time and cooking method on shear, sensory, instrumental color and cooking properties of packaged and unpackaged beef pectoralis muscle

    F.W. Pohlman;M.E. Dikeman;D.H. Kropf

  • Effects of enhancing beef longissimus with phosphate plus salt, or calcium lactate plus non-phosphate water binders plus rosemary extract.

    T.E Lawrence;M.E Dikeman;M.C Hunt;C.L Kastner

  • Real-time ultrasonic measurement of fat thickness and longissimus muscle area: II. Relationship between real-time ultrasound measures and carcass retail yield.

    K E Hamlin;R D Green;L V Cundiff;T L Wheeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Melvin C. Hunt
Melvin C. Hunt Kansas State University
John A. Unruh
John A. Unruh Kansas State University
Curtis L. Kastner
Curtis L. Kastner Kansas State University
Donald H. Kropf
Donald H. Kropf Kansas State University
Larry V. Cundiff
Larry V. Cundiff Agricultural Research Service
Mohammad Koohmaraie
Mohammad Koohmaraie IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group
D. A. Yates
D. A. Yates University of Nebraska–Lincoln
James S. Drouillard
James S. Drouillard Kansas State University
W. T. Nichols
W. T. Nichols MSD (United States)
Tommy L. Wheeler
Tommy L. Wheeler United States Department of Agriculture

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