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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Kerth joined the faculty at Texas A&M in May 2010. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in the meats area including a course on statistical quality control and analyses in food manufacturing. His research interests focus primarily on the animal nutritional, management, and genetic factors that impact the sensory and quality traits of meat. His work includes everything from consumer acceptability to color quality and oxidative stability to fatty acid composition of beef, pork, lamb and goat.

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Texas Tech University - (Lubbock, Texas, United States)

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Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Retail yields and palatability evaluations of individual muscles from wet-aged and dry-aged beef ribeyes and top sirloin butts that were merchandised innovatively.

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Carcass, sensory, fat color, and consumer acceptance characteristics of Angus-cross steers finished on ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) forage or on a high-concentrate diet.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: assessment of cattle hide characteristics, offal condemnations, and carcass traits to determine the quality status of the market cow and bull beef industry.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: In-plant survey of carcass characteristics related to quality, quantity, and value of fed steers and heifers.

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PSIV-21 Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge alters the plasma metabolome of beef cattle

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Consumer sensory evaluation, fatty acid composition, and shelf-life of ground beef with subcutaneous fat trimmings from different carcass locations.

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Effect of the degree and duration of early dietary amino acid restrictions on subsequent and overall pig performance and physical and sensory characteristics of pork.

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Factors affecting flavour development in beef

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Growth and carcass traits of percentage and crossbred boer wether goat kids raised under different production systems

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Carcass and meat quality traits of Angus-cross steers finished on three different winter annual forages

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Trained sensory descriptors and volatile aroma compounds of USDA Select steaks using five grill temperatures.

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Improvement of beef tenderness and quality traits with calcium chloride injection in beef loins 48 hours postmortem.

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Comparing finishing beef cattle performance and forage characteristic of ryegrass (Lolium perenne), rye (Secale cereale) and oats (Avena sativa)

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Growth and carcass characteristics of castrated or intact male Boer X Spanish goats grazing Marshall annual ryegrass

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Replacing cottonseed meal and sorghum with dried distillers' grains with solubles enhances the growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of feedlot lambs.

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Consumer acceptance of beef from steers finished on ryegrass forage or a high-concentrate diet

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Microbial reduction efficiencies of filtration, electrostatic polarization, and UV components of a germicidal air cleaning system

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Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Boer-Cross Wether and Buck Goats Grazing Marshall Ryegrass

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Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies

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Characterization and consumer acceptance of three muscles from Hampshire x Rambouillet cross sheep expressing the callipyge phenotype.

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Finishing steers on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) with varied levels of corn supplementation I: effects on animal performance, carcass traits, and forage quality.

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Using untargeted metabolomics and volatile aroma compounds to predict expert sensory descriptors and consumer liking of beef loin steaks varying in quality grade, aging time, and degree of doneness.

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Rust and Thinning Management Effect on Cup Quality and Plant Performance for Two Cultivars of Coffea arabica L.

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235 Animal Production and Carcass Traits Affect Meat Quality and Flavor Through Metabolomics

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Descriptive beef flavor and texture attributes relationships with consumer acceptance of US light beef eaters.

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Improving pork quality by feeding supranutritional concentrations of vitamin D3.

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A current review of U.S. beef flavor II: Managing beef flavor.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: Phase 1, Face-to-face interviews.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2011: In-plant survey of targeted carcass characteristics related to quality, quantity, value, and marketing of fed steers and heifers.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: Survey of carcass characteristics through instrument grading assessments

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National Beef Quality Audit - 2016: Survey of carcass characteristics through instrument grading assessments.

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Benchmarking the minimum Electron Beam (eBeam) dose required for the sterilization of space foods

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Replacing cottonseed meal and sorghum grain with corn dried distillers grains with solubles in lamb feedlot diets: carcass characteristics and sensory panel traits

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Translocation of surface-inoculated Escherichia coli into whole muscle nonintact beef striploins following blade tenderization.

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Growth and carcass characteristics of castrated or intact male Boer X Spanish goats grazing Marshall annual ryegrass

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The effect of electrostatic polarization ultraviolet light filters on Enterobacteriaceae, and Salmonella spp. bacteria in a broiler processing plant hang room

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Evaluation of Albizia julibrissin (mimosa) for internal parasite control in goats

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Accuracy of application of USDA beef quality and yield grades using the traditional system and the proposed seven-grade yield grade system.

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Beef flavor: a review from chemistry to consumer.

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Finishing steers on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multifloram Lam.) with varied levels of supplementation: Effects on fatty acid profile, shelf life and lipid stability.

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Warner-Bratzler shear force repeatability in beef longissimus steaks cooked with a convection oven, broiler, or clam-shell grill

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Growth and carcass traits of percentage and crossbred boer wether goat kids raised under different production systems

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Evaluation of fatty acids and proteins in eggs from cage and range laying hens

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Increased Effectiveness of Microbiological Verification by Concentration-Dependent Neutralization of Sanitizers Used in Poultry Slaughter and Fabrication Allowing Salmonella enterica Survival.

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Relationships between fatty acid composition, trained panel descriptors, and volatile aroma compounds of ground beef patties of brisket, flank and plate with 10, 20, and 30% total fat.

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A current review of U.S. beef flavor I: Measuring beef flavor.

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Determination of volatile aroma compounds in beef using differences in steak thickness and cook surface temperature.

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Increased phosphorylation leads to hypersensitivity of iPSC-derived nociceptors from chronic pain patients

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Substituting ground woody plants for cottonseed hulls in lamb feedlot diets: carcass characteristics, adipose tissue fatty acid composition, and sensory panel traits.

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133 Progeny performance testing as a genetic evaluation of dorper rams for commercially important traits

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Protein turnover and sensory traits of longissimus muscle from implanted and nonimplanted heifers.

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231 Electrical Conductivity, Color, and Tenderness Values of Fresh and/or Cooked Beef

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Comparing finishing beef cattle performance and forage characteristic of ryegrass (Lolium perenne), rye (Secale cereale) and oats (Avena sativa)

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Evaluation of Albizia julibrissin (mimosa) for internal parasite control in goats

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Texture and acceptability of goat meat frankfurters processed with 3 different sources of fat.

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USA millennial and non-millennial beef consumers perception of beef, pork, and chicken.

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Effects of growth implants on consumer perceptions of meat tenderness in beef steers.

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Validating Thermal Lethality to Salmonella enterica in Chicken Blood by Simulated Commercial Rendering.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: Transportation, mobility, live cattle, and carcass assessments of targeted producer-related characteristics that affect value of market cows and bulls, their carcasses, and associated by-products.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: In-plant survey of carcass characteristics related to quality, quantity, and value of fed steers and heifers

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Nutrient Profiles and Volatile Odorous Compounds of Raw Milk After Exposure to Electron Beam Pasteurizing Doses.

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Replacing cottonseed meal and sorghum grain with corn dried distillers' grains with solubles in lamb feedlot diets: carcass, trained sensory panel, and volatile aroma compounds traits.

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Marination with natural curing ingredients, storage time, and serving temperature effects on the sensory characteristics of forage-finished or commercially-sourced beef roasts.

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Awardee Talk: The evolution of meat flavor measurement and its importance to the livestock industry

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Vitamin-mineral supplementation and accelerated chilling effects on quality of pork from pigs that are monomutant or noncarriers of the halothane gene.

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Inhibition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica Isolates on Spinach Leaf Surfaces Using Eugenol-Loaded Surfactant Micelles.

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Carcass and meat quality traits of Angus-cross steers finished on three different winter annual forages

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Intake, growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of feedlot lambs fed novel anthocyanin-rich corn cobs.

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Evaluation of feeding value of corn distillers dried grains with solubles for sheep.

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Implant and biological type effects on beef carcass characteristics.

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Improved sensitivity for determining thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in ground beef.

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Air-cleaning system effectiveness for control of airborne microbes in a meat-processing plant

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Growth and carcass characteristics of castrated or intact male Boer X Spanish goats grazing Marshall annual ryegrass

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Consumer acceptance of beef from steers finished on ryegrass forage or a high-concentrate diet

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A comparison of fatty acid percentages and mass, sensory attributes, and volatile aroma compounds for segregating beef quality grades.

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Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation level on the postmortem tenderization of beef from steers.

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Assessing the impact of corn variety and Texas terroir on flavor and alcohol yield in new-make bourbon whiskey.

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The effects of high levels of supplemental copper on the serum lipid profile, carcass traits, and carcass composition of goat kids.

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Muscle Structure and Cytoskeletal Proteins

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National Beef Quality Audit-2016: Transportation, mobility, and harvest-floor assessments of targeted characteristics that affect quality and value of cattle, carcasses, and by-products.

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Effects of feeding juniper as a roughage on feedlot performance, carcass measurements, meat sensory attributes, and volatile aroma compounds of yearling Rambouillet wethers1,2.

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Effects of ovariectomization and ractopamine hydrochloride inclusion on heifer feedlot performance, meat yield, and tenderness of select muscles.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2011: Survey of instrument grading assessments of beef carcass characteristics.

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Replacing cottonseed meal and sorghum grain with corn dried distillers grains with solubles in lamb feedlot diets: volatile compounds from cooked lamb chops

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Ground beef patties prepared from brisket, flank and plate have unique fatty acid and sensory characteristics.

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Forage quality, animal performance, and carcass traits of steers finished on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) pasture with varying levels of corn supplementation.

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125 Relationship of electrical conductivity to color variables (chroma, hue, L*, a*, b*) of fresh beef loins

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Consumer acceptance of beef from steers finished on ryegrass forage or a high-concentrate diet

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Electrical stimulation effects on tenderness of five muscles from Hampshire x Rambouillet crossbred lambs with the callipyge phenotype.

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Slaughter plant location, USDA quality grade, external fat thickness, and aging time effects on sensory characteristics of beef loin strip steak.

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Comparing finishing beef cattle performance and forage characteristic of ryegrass (Lolium perenne), rye (Secale cereale) and oats (Avena sativa)

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Escherichia albertii Inactivation following l-Lactic Acid Exposure or Cooking in Ground Beef.

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Inhibition of bacterial human pathogens on tomato skin surfaces using eugenol-loaded surfactant micelles during refrigerated and abuse storage

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Evaluation of Albizia julibrissin (mimosa) for internal parasite control in goats

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Relationship between aerosolized microbial load and contamination of fully cooked then frozen meat products

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Correction to: Intake, growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of feedlot lambs fed novel anthocyanin-rich corn cobs.

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Grilling temperature effects on tenderness, juiciness, flavor and volatile aroma compounds of aged ribeye, strip loin, and top sirloin steaks.

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Carcass and meat quality traits of Angus-cross steers finished on three different winter annual forages

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Determining acceptance of domestic forage- or grain-finished beef by consumers from three southeastern US states

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Degree of amino acid restrictions during the grower phase and compensatory growth in pigs selected for lean growth efficiency.

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National Beef Quality Audit-2011: Harvest-floor assessments of targeted characteristics that affect quality and value of cattle, carcasses, and byproducts.

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Effects of plant secondary compounds found in Juniperus spp. on yearling Rambouillet wethers feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, adipose tissue fatty acid composition, and sensory panel traits

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Metabolomics: The latest technology to predict meat quality potential

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Animal Science; 2471 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
The Science Behind Grilling the Perfect Steak