The relationship between shear force, compression, collagen characteristics, desmin degradation and sarcomere length in lamb biceps femoris

Abstract This study aimed to identity the relationships between known variants of tenderness (collagen content (total and soluble), desmin degradation and sarcomere length) and shear force and compression in the biceps femoris aged for 14 days from 112 mixed sex lambs. Desmin degradation was related to compression (P  ovine biceps femoris .