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Ventilation of seawater during bleeding suppresses the occurrence of burnt meat in yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata

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Fifteen farmed yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata were randomly selected from sea cages. Five fish were slaughtered instantly by cutting the spinal bulb (control group). The remaining ten fish were left for 20 min in a narrow net and then they were slaughtered by cutting the spinal bulb instantly. These ten fish were bled in two water tanks. In one tank, the water was aerated (ventilation group), while the other tank was not aerated (burnt group). The ATP ratio in the control group (83.8 ± 4.1%) was higher than the ventilation group (37.2 ± 22.1%) and the burnt group (5.8 ± 6.0%) at 3 h after slaughter. The K value of the burnt group increased remarkably at 3 h after slaughter, and was significantly higher than those for the other groups. The ventilation group showed a recovery in available energy for physiological maintenance to the same level as the control group during bleeding, as well as a significantly slowed loss of muscular firmness compared to the burnt group. This study shows that the yellowtail continued to respire and take up oxygen until complete physiological death, and elevated oxygen levels during bleeding slowed the postmortem changes and suppressed the occurrence of burnt meat.

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We thank Dr. H. Aso and Dr. K. Watanabe, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku University, for suggestions on this study.

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  1. Central Research Laboratory, Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd., 1-32-3 Nanakuni, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0991, Japan

    Itaru Shioya & Shuuhei Takemura

  2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku University, 1-1 Amamiya-machi, Tsutsumidori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8555, Japan

    Takahiro Yamaguchi

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Shioya, I., Takemura, S. & Yamaguchi, T. Ventilation of seawater during bleeding suppresses the occurrence of burnt meat in yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata . Fish Sci 77, 817–822 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-011-0391-2

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