Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8502306 | Meat Science | 2018 | 34 Pages |
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of dietary inclusion of chestnut hydrolyzable tannin (CHT) in growing rabbit diets on nutrients digestibility, quality and oxidative status of meat, and content of tannin metabolites. At weaning, rabbits were assigned to 5 dietary groups (nâ¯=â¯72 rabbits/diet): control medication-free (Co), control with coccidiostat (Cc), and T200, T400 and T600 (diets supplemented with 200, 400 and 600â¯g/100â¯kg CHT extract). Sixteen carcasses/treatment were considered and hindleg meat and Longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) muscle were used for analyses. L*a*b* color values, water holding capacity, Warner Bratzler shear force, haem iron content, oxidative status and nutritional quality were unaffected by dietary treatments. Saturated fatty acids (SFA) and monounsaturated FA (MUFA) in LTL meat were higher in T600 than Cc rabbits (Pâ¯<â¯.05), even though no differences were found for SFA and MUFA digestibility. Contrarily, polyunsaturated FA digestibility was lower in T400 and T600 than Co rabbits. No tannin metabolites traces were found in rabbit meat. Results of the present study showed that feeding CHT did not improve rabbit meat quality.
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Authors
Antonella Dalle Zotte, Marco Cullere, Giulia Tasoniero, Zsolt Gerencsér, Zsolt SzendrÅ, Enrico Novelli, Zsolt Matics,