In this study, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inducer tunicamycin (TM) and inhibitor 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) were used to treat postmortem chicken breast muscle investigate changes in tenderness effects on apoptosis autophagy during 5 days ageing. TM-induced ER reduced shear force, enhanced myofibril fragmentation index (MFI), disrupted structure, increased desmin degradation, activated...

Two experiments were conducted to compare the effects of a 70:30 argon:carbon dioxide Modified Atmosphere Stun-Kill (MASK) system to both a low voltage (LV) and a high current (HC) electrical stunning and conventional killing system on broiler breast rigor development and meat quality. In Experiment 1, the effects on breast muscle pH and meat tenderness of the MASK system and the LV system were...

The potential application of a new laser air puff system to assess poultry meat tenderness was investigated. Ninety broilers were deboned at either 1.25, 4, or 24 h postmortem. The raw breast fillets were scanned on a conveyor belt longitudinally by a laser distance sensor to obtain overall shape profiles and scanned again with a pressurized source of air (206.8 kPa). The 2 resulting profiles w...

The objective of the study was to compare Muscovy and Pekin ducks for proximate analysis, colour attributes, tenderness, meat microstructure, content some minerals in liver. material sexed 51 47 ducks. At end rearing period, 40 birds were selected dissection. Duck genotype influenced water, protein, fat, collagen, zinc, iron, haematin, redness, chroma, hue angle, WB shear force, muscle fibre di...

The varying presentations of neonatal breast enlargement on imaging have been underreported in the literature. Our case report profiles a 3-week-old female patient who presented with a history of left breast enlargement with redness and tenderness for 2 days, who was clinically diagnosed and managed for neonatal mastitis, which was actually a neonatal breast enlargement with adjacent cellulitis...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com countries. According to the statistics (Figure 2), the rate of early stage (stages 0-2) breast cancer cases diagnosed by screening was 86%, whereas the rate of those not diagnosed by screening was 56%. Regular screening assists in recognizing early stage of breast cancer, and early treatment increases the remission rate, therefore, the five-year sur...

BACKGROUND Polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) was used in breast augmentation surgery in China during 1997-2006. Its application has led to increasing complications such as localized lumps, asymmetry, diffuse stiffness, infections, and localized tenderness or myalgia. Hence, many patients have sought for surgical gel evacuation in the following years. CASE PRESENTATION A 37-year-old G2P0A2 slim (...

This secondary data analysis was designed to explore the age differences in lymphedema (LE) occurrence and self-reported symptoms in post-breast cancer LE. A descriptive-exploratory cross-sectional design was used with a convenience sample composed of 102 women treated and followed for breast cancer at a midwestern cancer center. Sequential circumferential arm measurement was used to estimate l...