ArticleTropical animal health and production2026
Blood biomarkers, infrared thermography, and meat quality in Nellore bulls under tropical conditions.
Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Association of physiological parameters with final pH in beef.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study investigated the use of stress-related blood biomarkers (cortisol, creatine kinase - CK, and lactate dehydrogenase - LDH) and infrared thermography (IRT) to predict meat quality in Nellore cattle under tropical conditions. These biomarkers reflect metabolic and stress pathways that influence muscle glycogen depletion before slaughter, contributing to elevated pHu and increased dark, firm, and dry (DFD) incidence. A total of 389 bulls from seven batches on the same farm were assessed at slaughter. Carcasses were classified by ultimate pH (pHu) as normal (pHu < 5.8), atypical DFD (5.8 ≤ pHu < 6.0), or typical DFD (pHu ≥ 6.0). The incidence of typical and atypical DFD meat was 20.8%. The typical DFD group showed significantly higher levels of cortisol, LDH, and CK. IRT images revealed that animals in the typical DFD group exhibited a higher minimum eye temperature (P < 0.003). In comparison, the atypical DFD group showed a higher maximum eye temperature compared to the normal group. Regression models demonstrated a strong predictive relationship (R² > 0.8) between cortisol, glucose, lactate, and pHu. We conclude that integrating blood biomarker analysis (specifically cortisol, glucose, and lactate) and IRT offers a practical tool for the early identification of DFD carcasses, which could enhance quality management in the beef industry.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.