The effect of using electric prodders on pork quality
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-2001
Conference Title
Eighth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Adelaide
ISBN
0 957 7226-1-3
ISSN
1324-9177
Keywords
pigs, swine, pork, meat quality, pork quality, electric prodders
Disciplines
Meat Science | Other Animal Sciences
Abstract
Electric prodders are used to facilitate the movement of pigs during loading on-farm, unloading at the abattoir and from the lairage yards into the stunner. The use of electric prodders on-farm or just prior to slaughter can result in inferior pork quality and an increased incidence of pale, soft, exudative (PSE) pork (D'Souza et al., 1998). Producers and processors at the Australian Pig Industry Quality Program (APIQP) Standards Workshop (1998) debated whether the use of electric prodders on-farm, or during transport or at the abattoir should be banned. It was concluded that the research investigating the influence of electric prodders on pork quality was not representative of the commercial environment. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the influence of electric prodders as used on commercial farms and abattoirs on pork quality.
Recommended Citation
D'Souza, D N,
and
Hofmeyr, C D.
(2001), The effect of using electric prodders on pork quality, Eighth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Adelaide, pp.84-84.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/245
