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| Effect of quantum therapy on pork quality |
| Martin Bodnár, Jozef Nagy, Peter Popelka, Beáta Koréneková, Ján Ma?anga, Alena Nagyová |
| Private Veterinary Clinique, Kremnická 9, 040 11 Ko?ice, the Slovak Republic, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Ko?ice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Ko?ice, the Slovak Republic, Department of Environment, Veterinary Legislation and Economics, Institute of Forensic and Public Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Ko?ice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Ko?ice, the Slovak Republic |
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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.
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Received: 31 August 2010
Published: 04 November 2011
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