Effect of exercise on skeletal muscle proteolytic enzyme activity and meat quality characteristics in Iberian pigs
The effects of physical activity on performance, carcass traits, Psoas major lysosomal and exoprotease acitivies and meat quality were studied in 24 castrated male Iberian pigs during the last fattening period (from 111.1 ± SD 5.2 kg). Pigs were randomly distributed in three groups. Two groups receiving the same diet were reared in confinement, one housed in individual pens of 8 m2 (sedentary group) and the other was housed outdoor with daily (up to 2 km) forced walking (exercise group).;one group was reared under the traditional production system walking daily several km and fed mostly with acorn from Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia and grass (free-range group). No differences were found in performance and carcass traits. In exercised pigs a lower activity of cathepsin B + L and total cathepsins (P < 0.05) was observed. Exercise induced the inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidases II and III and arginyl aminopeptidase and the activation of dipeptidyl peptidases IV and leucyl aminopeptidase (P < 0.05). Although no effects on total free amino acids in Psoas major muscle were observed the concentration of branched chain amino acids decreased in the free-range pig group probably related to an increase in physical activity. Exercise had no effects in Psoas major postmortem tenderness and water holding capacity. © 2007.
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| Format: | journal article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2008
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| Subjects: | Iberian pig, Proteolytic activity, Meat quality, Exercise, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/2454 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/293211 |
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