Evaluation of physical characteristics of chevon as affected by post-mortem carcass dressing and freezing preservation

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of post-mortem dressing methods and freezing preservation on the physical characteristics of chevon. Twenty-seven Red-Sokoto male goats between 10 and 12 months of age weighing 18–20 kg were purchased, stabilized and slaughtered. The carcasses were randomly allotted to three post-mortem dressing procedures (scalding, skinning and singeing) and meat from thigh cuts was frozen for 0, 7, 14 and 21 days. Meat samples were excised each day after thawing for physical analysis and data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a completely randomized design experiment with 3x4 factorial arrangement. The significant means were separated with the Duncan multiple range test at p<0.05. The results showed that the post-mortem dressing methods and freezing affected Red-Sokoto chevon significantly with the singeing method exerting the highest detrimental effects on physical attributes of meat with the exception of color, yield and pH, while the skinning method exerted the least detrimental effects. Also, cold, cooking and drip losses as well as thermal shortening, cold shortening and pH values increased between the 14th and 21st day, while color, yield, water holding capacity, texture and shear force values decreased across the three treatments during freezing periods. The effects were more significant in singed and scalded meat than in skinned chevon. It was recommended, therefore, that skinning method be encouraged if meat from Red-sokoto male goats is to be frozen and the period of freezing be limited to 14 days for wholesome meat

Mechanistic Insights into the Desorption of Methanol and Dimethyl Ether Over ZSM-5 Catalysts

Acknowledgements Financial support from the Petroleum Technology Development Fund of Nigeria (PTDF/ED/PHD/OO/766/15) and from the European Commission in the scope of the 7th Framework program BIOGO project (Grant Number: 604296) https://www.biogo. eu/ is acknowledged.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Carcass Characteristics of Red Sokoto Buck Goat as Affected by Singeing, Scalding and Skinning

A study on carcass characteristics of Red Sokoto (RS) Buck goat as affected by singeing, scalding and skinning was carried out. Twelve intact RS buck goats with an average live-weight of 18.00 + 0.65 Kg were allocated to these post-slaughter processing treatments. Parameters like temperature, pH, dressing percentage, wholesale cuts, Water Holding Capacity (WHC) among others, were taken. The experimental model was a Complete Randomized Design (CRD), while data generated were analyzed by the procedure of SAS (1999). Results from the study showed that singeing of RS goat meat significantly (P<0.05) elevated the internal temperature, initial pH and the WHC of the meat. Scalding significantly (P<0.05) increased the dressing percentage and wholesale cuts of the carcass. While skinning exerted significant (P<0.05) increase on the drip loss and cold loss of RS carcass Post-mortem. By this, it can be said that post-mortem handling of carcasses affects to a large extent the quality traits of the meat

Evaluation of the Effects of Various Additives on the Acceptability of Kilishi

(Tropical Journal of Animal Science: 2003, 6(2): 97-102

Effect of tension therapy in the management of pressure ulcers a case report

The purpose of this case study was to determine the therapeutic effect of tension on the healing of an open pressure sore. An in-patient of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria was chosen for the study. The patient had paraplegia secondary to Burkitt’s lymphoma and subsequently developed pressure ulcers on the sacrum and right ischium.  The right ischial ulcer was randomly chosen as experimental and the other ulcer as the control.  Tension therapy was administered to the experimental ulcer for 20 minutes for four days a week. This was achieved by applying passive mobilization exercises to the right hip joint. The tension was maintained for about 5 minutes and released for 1 minute. The process was repeated 4 times per treatment session. The control wound did not receive tension therapy. Both the experimental and control ulcers received conventional dressing.   The study lasted for five weeks.  The experimental sore reduced to 60.5% of the original surface area while the control ulcer did not show any appreciable healing but rather expanded by 19.6% of its original size.  This finding indicates that tension therapy could be effectively used to accelerate healing of pressure ulcers