| Growth, carcass yield and meat quality attributes of Red Maasai sheep fed wheat straw-based diets. | |
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PMID: 20640886 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Thirty-two castrated Red Maasai sheep (12.7 kg initial body weight, aged 12-18 months), were used in an 84-day experiment to evaluate diets based on treated straw upon growth performance, carcass yield and meat quality. The animals were blocked by weight into four similar groups and randomly allotted into four dietary treatments, with eight individually fed animals per treatment. The dietary treatments were ad libitum untreated wheat straw (UTS), wheat straw treated with urea and lime (TS), straw and ad libitum hay (UTSH), and TS and ad libitum hay (TSH). In addition, each experimental animal received 220 g/day (on as fed basis) of a concentrate diet. Treatment of straw increased (P < 0.05) dry matter intake (42.3 vs. 33.7 g/kg W (75)/day), energy intake (4.6 vs. 3.7 MJ ME/d) and the average daily gain (40.7 vs. 23.1 g). Animals on TS produced heavier (P < 0.05) carcasses (6.6 vs. 5.4 kg) with superior conformation than animals on UTS. Percentage cooking loss was higher in carcasses from animals fed TS compared to those from other diets. Except M. longissimus dorsi and M. semitendinosus, tenderness of muscles was not affected by diet but ageing of meat improved (P < 0.001) tenderness. Overall, straw treatment increased carcass yields with limited effects on meat quality attributes. |
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John G Safari; Daniel E Mushi; Louis A Mtenga; George C Kifaro; Lars O Eik |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-07-18 |
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Title: Tropical animal health and production Volume: 43 ISSN: 1573-7438 ISO Abbreviation: Trop Anim Health Prod Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-12-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1277355 Medline TA: Trop Anim Health Prod Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 89-97 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3004, Morogoro, Tanzania. jhnsafari@yahoo.com |
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