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T1 Effect of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) inclusion in the diet for fattening lambs on animal performance, ruminal characteristics and meat quality
A1 Blanco Fontao, Carolina
A1 Bodas Rodríguez, Raúl
A1 Morán, Lara
A1 Mateo Oyagüe, Javier
A1 Andrés Llorente, Sonia
A1 Giráldez García, Francisco Javier
A2 Producción Animal
K1 Veterinaria
K1 Antioxidant
K1 Colour
K1 Growth rate
K1 Muscle fibre
K1 Peroxidation
K1 Polyphenol
K1 Rumen fermentation
K1 Texture
K1 3109 Ciencias Veterinarias
K1 3104.07 Ovinos
AB [EN] Thirty male merino lambs were fed with a pelleted total mixed ration (TMR) alone or supplemented with hop(Humulus lupulus L.) cones at two different doses (1.5 and 3.0 g hop cones/kg pelleted TMR, respectively), tostudy the effects of this dietary source of antioxidants on animal performance, ruminal parameters and meatquality attributes. The results showed that dietary supplementation with hop cones decreased lambs' growth rate(P < 0.05) due to a shift in ruminal fermentation, towards a more acetic and less propionic acid production(P < 0.05). These changes in animal growth rate might have promoted microstructural modifications in thequantity and size of muscle fibres, thereby inducing the differences observed in meat chemical composition,colour and texture (P < 0.05), regardless of the lack of differences in meat antioxidant status (P > 0.10).
PB Elsevier
SN 0963-9969
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20502
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20502
NO Blanco, C., Bodas, R., Morán, L., Mateo, J., Andrés, S., & Giráldez, F. J. (2018). Effect of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) inclusion in the diet for fattening lambs on animal performance, ruminal characteristics and meat quality. Food Research International, 108, 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FOODRES.2018.03.030
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD Jul 6, 2024