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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42572| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Quantitative and qualitative traits of carcass and meat of goats fed diets with cactus meal replacing corn |
| Authors: | Fabiano Almeida de Oliveira José Augusto Gomes Azevêdo Carlos Emanuel Eiras Bruna Mara Aparecida de Carvalho Mesquita Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho Dallyson Yehudi Coura Assis Robson José Freitas Oliveira Camila de Oliveira Nascimento Manuela Silva Líbano Tosto Douglas dos Santos Pina Aracele Vieira Santos Luana Marta de Almeida Rufino |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the carcass and meat of goats fed diets containing cactus meal (pectin source) replacing corn (starch source). Twenty-eight goats with an average initial weight of 16 ± 2.02 kg were confined in a completely randomized design with four treatments (the replacement levels of 0, 330, 660, and 1000 g kg−1 of dry matter) and seven replicates. The productive performance of the animals was not affected by the replacement of corn by cactus meal. The carcass commercial yield and the dressing percentage decreased with the addition of cactus meal levels in the diets. The commercial cuts, however, especially prime cuts like hind limbs and loin, were not changed by the use of cactus meal. Muscle:bone and fat:bone ratios and muscularity index of hind limbs were influenced by the substitution. The protein and ash contents of the longissimus lumborum muscle decreased while cholesterol levels increased with the presence of cactus meal. Sensory traits of goats’ meat fed cactus meal in the diets were not affected. The substitution of corn for cactus meal reduced carcass yield but did not change the yield of commercial cuts or the qualitative characteristics of the meat. |
| Subject: | Palma forrageira Cactos Nutrição animal Caprino -- Nutrição Eficiência alimentar Carne -- Cortes |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
| Rights: | Acesso Restrito |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-1733-1 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42572 |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11250-018-1733-1 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Tropical Animal Health and Production |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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