Fatty acid profile, meat quality, and carcass traits of Nellore young bulls fed different sources of forage in high-concentrate diets with crude glycerin
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2016-04-01
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Ribeiro, Andressa Ferreira [UNESP]
Messana, Juliana Duarte [UNESP]
Neto, Antonio Jose [UNESP]
Fiorentini, Giovani [UNESP]
Berchielli, Telma Teresinha [UNESP]
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Revista Brasileira Zootecnia Brazilian Journal Animal Sci
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The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of forages with different nutritional values specifically, corn silage (CS), sugar cane (SC), and sugar cane bagasse (SB) in diets with crude glycerin, on carcass traits, meat quality, and fatty acid profile, using young Nellore bulls finished in the feedlot. Thirty young Nellore bulls with an initial average body weight of 416.70 +/- 24.74 kg were randomly assigned to three treatments containing different sources of forage. The carcass traits and variables related to meat quality of the Nellore young bulls were not significantly influenced by different sources of forage in diets with crude glycerin. The yellow color index was significantly greater in the fat of animals fed corn silage. Heptadecenoic fatty acid was significantly lower in the meat of animals fed sugar cane bagasse. The sources of forage in diets with crude glycerin did not influence the profile of saturated, monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated fatty acids in the longissimus muscle. Overall, our results indicate that none of the treatments changed the carcass and meat quality traits of Nellore young bulls finished in the feedlot. Thus, sugar cane and sugar cane bagasse could be used in feedlot as a viable forage alternative to corn silage.
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beef cattle, feedlot, forage NDF
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Revista Brasileira De Zootecnia-brazilian Journal Of Animal Science. Vicosa-mg: Revista Brasileira Zootecnia Brazilian Journal Animal Sci, v. 45, n. 4, p. 165-173, 2016.