Animal Production, Volume 13, part 1, pp. 193–195

A note on the haem pigment concentration of lamb as influenced by age and sex

by D. A. Ledward And W. R. Shorthose

C.S.I.R.O. Division of Food Preservation, Meat Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 12, Cannon Hill, Queensland, 4170, Australia.

In this article, ‘The factor used to convert acid haematin to total haem pigment concentration should be 17·7 not 35·4. Thus all the haem pigment concentrations quoted are double their true values. This error in the absolute concentrations of both myoglobin and haemoglobin does not affect the statistical analysis of the results and the conclusions reached regarding the influence of age and sex on myoglobin concentration.’