2020
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture10070288
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Characteristics of Nutrition, Growth, Carcass and Meat of Male Goats Fed Babassu Mesocarp Flour

Abstract: Twenty-eight Boer × Saanen castrated male goats (21.6 ± 3.0 kg of initial body weigh) were distributed in a randomized complete block design to evaluate the effects of increasing levels (0, 100, 200 or 300 g/kg, in dry matter basis) of dietary babassu mesocarp flour (BMF) on performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass characteristics, and meat physical and chemical composition. When significant treatment effects were found, data were submitted to orthogonal polynomials for treatment responses. BMF did not cha… Show more

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“…The pH values of the meat were within the range considered ideal for the correct establishment and resolution of rigor mortis and were close to those reported in other studies with beef sheep (Fernandes et al, 2013;Heimbach et al, 2020). Changes in pH was generally associated with some type of pre-slaughter stress (Li et al, 2014), with little influence from the diet to which the animal is subjected (Fernandes et al, 2013;Santos et al, 2020;Heimbach et al, 2020).…”
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confidence: 83%
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“…The pH values of the meat were within the range considered ideal for the correct establishment and resolution of rigor mortis and were close to those reported in other studies with beef sheep (Fernandes et al, 2013;Heimbach et al, 2020). Changes in pH was generally associated with some type of pre-slaughter stress (Li et al, 2014), with little influence from the diet to which the animal is subjected (Fernandes et al, 2013;Santos et al, 2020;Heimbach et al, 2020).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…The carcass yield values are below those reported by other studies for disheveled sheep of this species finished in tropical pastures (Fernandes et al, 2013;Trindade et al, 2018), which may be associated with the supplementation of about 1.5% of the live weight used by the authors. Little variation was observed in the yields of commercial cuts, which, in part, is justified by the body weight of the slaughtered animals and the amount of body fat: in carcasses with similar weight and amount of fat, almost all regions of the body were found in similar proportions (Trindade et al, 2018;Santos et al, 2020). However, the animals kept in the pasture of the Aruana cultivar had higher yields of ham, which, among the commercial cuts of the carcass, is the most important (Silva et al, 2016;Santos et al, 2020).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…2016) is an obstacle to animal production. In this scenario, the use of biological elements (plant and animal) compatible with and adapted to the semi-arid environment is an alternative to produce food for the vulnerable populations inhabiting these areas [ 3 , 4 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%