Animal products
For more information or for a quote, contact the people mentioned below the listed services
- Carcass classification (SEUROP evaluation for cattle and pig carcasses) and carcass composition (dissections)
- Meat quality measurements on carcass (pH, PQM)
- Meat quality measurements (colour, water-holding capacity, collagen, sarcomere length)
- Colour and fat (TBARS) stability of meat after slaughter
- Meat tenderness (shear force, taste-panel) and texture analysis of meat products
- Fatty acid analysis of animal products (meat, eggs: C12:0 till C22:6n-3; milk: C4:0 till C22:6n-3) - routine analysis
- Crude fat (Soxhlet) & Crude protein (Kjeldahl)
- Vitamine E in meat (HPLC)
Contact: els.vossen@ugent.be
- Fatty acid analysis of animal products (meat, eggs: C12:0 till C22:6n-3; milk: C4:0 till C22:6n-3) - specific request
Contact: stefaan.desmet@ugent.be