“…3,10 For this reason, several researchers have studied the effects of animal species, diet, growth promoters and meat curing agents on exopeptidase activities. Blanchard and Mantle 11 observed a very signi®cant (P`0.01) effect of animal species (chicken, rabbit, lamb, pig), while Toldra  et al 12,13 and Flores et al 14 studied the effect of curing agents (salt, ascorbate, nitrites) on exopeptidase activities. On the other hand, Blanchard et al 15 reported that growth promoters (porcine somatropin) and variation in the crude dietary protein percentage did not have a signi®cant (P`0.05) effect on exopeptidase activities.…”