کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5544192 | 1554341 | 2017 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Dietary supplementation of ensiled Moringa oleifera improves meat tenderness of Assaf lambs.
- Meat of Moringa-fed lambs is characterized by longer sarcomeres and lower intra-muscular fat.
- Moringa oleifera based diet may be used to produce tender and lean lamb meat.
It is well-recognized, that dietary manipulation can alter the quality of lamb meat. Moringa-oleifera was previously shown to improve livestock product quality. In the current research, we tested the effect of dietary ensiled Moringa oleifera, accounting for 6.8% of TMR, on quality characteristics of longissimus lumborum (LL) muscle of growing Assaf lambs. Steaks of Moringa-fed lambs were tenderer (27.5 ± 4.72 N), comparing to the controls (34.8 ± 4.28N), by means of shear-force (SF; P â¤Â 0.01), and characterized by longer sarcomeres (2.24 ± 0.23 and 1.88 ± 0.11 μm, respectively; P â¤Â 0.001) and lower intra-muscular fat (IMF) content (3.83 ± 1.60 and 5.94 ± 1.82%, respectively; P â¤Â 0.05). No difference was revealed between groups in collagen content (CC). It is suggested that Moringa oleifera based dietary manipulation could be implemented in order to design a tender and lean lamb meat.
Journal: Small Ruminant Research - Volume 151, June 2017, Pages 110-116