Dietary lycopene supplementation improves meat quality, antioxidant capacity and skeletal muscle fiber type transformation in finishing pigs

Dietary lycopene supplementation improves meat quality, antioxidant capacity and skeletal muscle fiber type transformation in finishing pigs

This study aimed to investigate effects of dietary lycopene supplementation on meat quality, antioxidant ability and muscle fiber type transformation in finishing pigs. In a 70-day experiment, 18 Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire barrows were randomly allocated to 3 dietary treatments including a basal d...

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Main Authors: Wanxue Wen, Xiaoling Chen, Zhiqing Huang, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He, Yuheng Luo, Hui Yan, Hong Chen, Ping Zheng, Jie Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-03-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
Subjects:
Lycopene
Meat quality
Antioxidant capacity
Skeletal muscle fiber type transformation
Finishing pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654521001608

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