Nachhaltigkeit in der Fleischerzeugung

Abstract

The intensification of muscle growth in domestic animal species - especially in turkey and swine - is accompanied by increasing problems with meat quality. Thus, research activities are required dealing with physiological processes of muscle growth to provide a basis for quality assurement in breeding and meat production. This is one important way to reduce the deteriorating effects of stress susceptibility on meat quality, reproductive traits and losses. The elimination of undesired traits of product quality is very time consuming even in modern breeding systems. Therefore, genotypic effects on meat quality should rapidly be obeyed in the context of sustainable animal breeding.