Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs

Diet and breed directly affect ruminant carcass traits and meat quality. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the effect of silage diet and breed on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of lambs. A total of 28, 3–4 months old female lambs consisting of 14 Dorper lambs (DP) and...

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Autores principales:	Pu Wu, Xiaoyue Fu, Hucheng Wang, Mingjie Hou, Zhanhuan Shang
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	sweet sorghum lambs growth performance meat quality fatty acid Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f7cbe3e9eb43452fa271a9ef0c6eeb682021-11-25T16:16:05ZEffect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs10.3390/ani111131202076-2615https://doaj.org/article/f7cbe3e9eb43452fa271a9ef0c6eeb682021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3120https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Diet and breed directly affect ruminant carcass traits and meat quality. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the effect of silage diet and breed on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of lambs. A total of 28, 3–4 months old female lambs consisting of 14 Dorper lambs (DP) and 14 Thin-tailed Han lambs (TH) were allocated in a 2 × 2 factorial design and offered two experimental diets (sweet sorghum silage: SS; whole-crop corn silage: WS) for 90 days. Lambs fed the WS diet had a higher growth performance (<i>p</i> < 0.01), intramuscular fat content (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and bright meat color (<i>p</i> < 0.01) than lambs fed the SS diet. The lambs fed the SS diet showed a higher polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content than the lambs fed the WS diet (<i>p</i> < 0.01); there was no significant difference in growth performance and carcass characteristics between DP and TH lambs (<i>p</i> > 0.05). The meat of the DP lambs showed lower values of initial pH, shear force, lightness (L), redness (a), and saturated fatty acid (SFA) content (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The lamb breed influenced fewer variables of growth performance and carcass characteristics compared to the diet. The lambs fed the SS diet had higher nutritional quality meat than lambs fed the WS diet.Pu WuXiaoyue FuHucheng WangMingjie HouZhanhuan ShangMDPI AGarticlesweet sorghumlambsgrowth performancemeat qualityfatty acidVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3120, p 3120 (2021)
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topic	sweet sorghum lambs growth performance meat quality fatty acid Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
spellingShingle	sweet sorghum lambs growth performance meat quality fatty acid Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Pu Wu Xiaoyue Fu Hucheng Wang Mingjie Hou Zhanhuan Shang Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs
description	Diet and breed directly affect ruminant carcass traits and meat quality. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the effect of silage diet and breed on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of lambs. A total of 28, 3–4 months old female lambs consisting of 14 Dorper lambs (DP) and 14 Thin-tailed Han lambs (TH) were allocated in a 2 × 2 factorial design and offered two experimental diets (sweet sorghum silage: SS; whole-crop corn silage: WS) for 90 days. Lambs fed the WS diet had a higher growth performance (<i>p</i> < 0.01), intramuscular fat content (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and bright meat color (<i>p</i> < 0.01) than lambs fed the SS diet. The lambs fed the SS diet showed a higher polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content than the lambs fed the WS diet (<i>p</i> < 0.01); there was no significant difference in growth performance and carcass characteristics between DP and TH lambs (<i>p</i> > 0.05). The meat of the DP lambs showed lower values of initial pH, shear force, lightness (L), redness (a), and saturated fatty acid (SFA) content (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The lamb breed influenced fewer variables of growth performance and carcass characteristics compared to the diet. The lambs fed the SS diet had higher nutritional quality meat than lambs fed the WS diet.
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author	Pu Wu Xiaoyue Fu Hucheng Wang Mingjie Hou Zhanhuan Shang
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title	Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs
title_short	Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs
title_full	Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs
title_fullStr	Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs
title_sort	effect of silage diet (sweet sorghum vs. whole-crop corn) and breed on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of lambs
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f7cbe3e9eb43452fa271a9ef0c6eeb68
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Effect of Silage Diet (Sweet Sorghum vs. Whole-Crop Corn) and Breed on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality of Lambs

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