Elsevier

Meat Science

Volume 1, Issue 4, October 1977, Pages 277-282
Meat Science

A note on the reduction in the iron content of meat in relation to iron deficiency

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Abstract

The blood haemoglobin concentration, serum iron levels and muscle iron content of cattle, pigs, lambs and chickens were determined at the time of slaughter. There was a marked reduction in the iron content of pork, beef and chicken when compared with the figures quoted by McCance & widdowson (1960). The possible relationship between a reduction in the iron content of meat and the aetiology of iron deficiency is discussed.

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