Chairholder: Prof. Linda Saucier Ph.D., agr., chm.

Chair duration dates: 2020 – 2025

Team: Co-applicants Prof. Frédéric Raymond Ph.D.; Prof. Nabeel Alnahhas Ph.D.

Financial partners: Olymel S.E.C./L.P.; Sollio Agriculture; Kersia; Centre de développement du porc du Québec inc.

Keywords: meat, quality, safety, hygiene, security, microbiota, value chain

Summary: La Chaire de recherche MuscULo is to improve the quality and safety of meat products in order to reduce food loss and waste and maintain the competitiveness of the meat production and processing sector.

Key benefits: In a sustainable and integrated approach, the Chair will develop new strategies, including a new generation of sanitary interventions, at every link in the agri-food chain to better meet consumer demands.

Hyperlinks to some published works :

• Monger XC*, Gilbert A-A*, Saucier L, Vincent AT. 2021. Antibiotic resistance: From pig to meat. Antibiotics, 10: 1209.
• Monger XC*, Saucier L, Gilbert A-A, Gosselin S, Pouliot É, Fournaise S, Vincent AT. 2024. Resilience of loin meat microbiota and of resistance genes to a chlortetracycline treatment in weaned piglets. Antibiotics, 13:997.
• Monger XC*, Saucier L, Guay F, Pouliot É, Fournaise S, Vincent AT. 2024. Effect of a probiotic and an antibiotic on the mobilome of the porcine microbiota. Frontiers in Genetics, 15:1355134. doi:10.3389/fgene.2024.1355134
• Laforge P*, Vincent AT, Duchaine C, Feutry P, Dion-Fortier A, Plante P-L, Pouliot É, Fournaise S, Saucier L. 2023. Contribution of farms to the microbiota in the swine value chain. Frontiers in Systems Biology, 3(12 juillet) :1183868. doi: 10.3389/fsysb.2023.1183868
• Sammari H*, Askri, A*, Benahmed S*, Saucier L, Alnahhas N. 2023. A survey of broiler breast meat quality in the retail market of Quebec. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 00:1-14 (28 avril). dx.doi.org/10.1139/CJAS-2023-0001
• Gosselin S*, Gilbert A-A*, Touahri A*, Fecteau H, Vincent AT, Pouliot É, Fournaise S, Saucier L. 2023. Meat plant resilience to temporal variability of pork meat quality. 69^thInternational Congress on Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST), August 20-25^th, Padova, Italie. (Grappe Innovation). Disponible sur Digicomst.
• Saucier L, Laforge P*, Vincent AT, Dion-Fortier A, Plante P-L, Pouliot É, Fournaise S. 2023. Exploratory study to identify potential metabolic biomarkers to foresee the impact of heard health status on meat microbial quality. 69^th International Congress on Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST), August 20-25^th, Padova, Italie. (Grappe Innovation, Chaire de recherche MAPAQ sur la qualité et la salubrité de la viande – Musculo). Disponible sur Digicomst.