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| Provedor de dados: |
R. Bras. Zootec.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Meat quality of Santa Inês sheep raised in confinement with diet containing cactus pear replacing corn
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| Autores: |
Costa,Roberto Germano
Pinto,Tiago Ferreira
Medeiros,Geovergue Rodrigues de
Medeiros,Ariosvaldo Nunes de
Queiroga,Rita de Cássia Ramos do Egypto
Treviño,Israel Hernandez
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| Data: |
2012-02-01
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Meat tenderness
Opuntia ficus indica
Proximate composition
Sensory characteristics
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| Resumo: |
The objective of this study was to assess the tissue component yields and the physical, chemical and sensory characteristics of meat from Santa Inês sheep fed diets in which cactus pear partially or completely replaced corn. The study used 45 Santa Inês rams with initial live weight of 25±2.5 kg and final weight of 35±1.5 kg in a completely randomized design with five treatments (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%) and nine replicates per treatment. The leg of the animal was used to analyze the tissue component yields, and the longissimus dorsi muscle was used for assessment of the sensory characteristics and the physical and chemical compositions. The inclusion of cactus pear in the diet increased the adipose tissue percentage quadratically, up to 50%, reducing the muscle/fat ratio. The lipid content of the meat decreased with the inclusion of cactus pear in the diet. The results indicate that cactus pear can replace 100% of the corn in the diets of Santa Inês sheep kept in confinement, resulting in a decreased lipid percentage and without compromising the physical and sensory characteristics of the meat.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000200028
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1516-35982012000200028
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia v.41 n.2 2012
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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