Is a short concentrate-finishing period in lambs raised on alfalfa pasture effective at reducing fat indoles contents and lightening meat colour?
Pasture-feeding in lambs has been associated with dark-coloured meat and high meat contents of volatile indoles (skatole and indole), which may be responsible for sensory defects. The risk of off-flavours is even higher when lambs graze alfalfa, because it is particularly rich in rapidly degradable...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-08-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173112200163X |