Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs
In this experiment the effect of dietary carob pods in the growth performance of fattening pigs and their meat quality, including steak chemical composition and fatty acid profile, were examined. A total of 160 weaning piglets, 30 days old, were allocated into four equal groups with 4 subgroups of 5...
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| author | Nikolaos Kotrotsios Efterpi Christaki Eleftherios Bonos Panagiota Florou-Paneri |
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| description | In this experiment the effect of dietary carob pods in the growth performance of fattening pigs and their meat quality, including steak chemical composition and fatty acid profile, were examined. A total of 160 weaning piglets, 30 days old, were allocated into four equal groups with 4 subgroups of 5 female and 5 males each. The animals were fed with isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets, containing either 0 or 75 or 100 or 125 g of carob pods per kg of feed. At the end of the experiment, on the 180 day of age, carcass subcutaneous fat thickness, steak chemical composition and steak fatty acid profile were determined. The results of the experiment showed that the dietary addition of 75 or 100 g/kg carob pods increased body weight at slaughter and carcass weight. No significant effect was noticed on the other examined carcass parameters. Consequently, carob pods could be suggested as a potential feed for fattening pigs without any adverse effect on their meat quality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bd1ce529cdf469ea73c53c17dccc8142022-12-21T18:42:23ZengAsian-Australasian Association of Animal Production SocietiesAsian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences1011-23671976-55172012-06-0125688088510.5713/ajas.2011.1152122758Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening PigsNikolaos Kotrotsios0Efterpi ChristakiEleftherios Bonos1Panagiota Florou-Paneri Diakou 15, 43100, Karditsa, .Greece Animal Production, Faculty of Technology of Agronomics, Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, 53100, Florina, .GreeceIn this experiment the effect of dietary carob pods in the growth performance of fattening pigs and their meat quality, including steak chemical composition and fatty acid profile, were examined. A total of 160 weaning piglets, 30 days old, were allocated into four equal groups with 4 subgroups of 5 female and 5 males each. The animals were fed with isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets, containing either 0 or 75 or 100 or 125 g of carob pods per kg of feed. At the end of the experiment, on the 180 day of age, carcass subcutaneous fat thickness, steak chemical composition and steak fatty acid profile were determined. The results of the experiment showed that the dietary addition of 75 or 100 g/kg carob pods increased body weight at slaughter and carcass weight. No significant effect was noticed on the other examined carcass parameters. Consequently, carob pods could be suggested as a potential feed for fattening pigs without any adverse effect on their meat quality.http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/25-115.pdfCarob PodsPigsMeat QualityCarcass CompositionFatty Acids |
| spellingShingle | Nikolaos Kotrotsios Efterpi Christaki Eleftherios Bonos Panagiota Florou-Paneri Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences Carob Pods Pigs Meat Quality Carcass Composition Fatty Acids |
| title | Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs |
| title_full | Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs |
| title_fullStr | Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs |
| title_short | Dietary Carob Pods on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Fattening Pigs |
| title_sort | dietary carob pods on growth performance and meat quality of fattening pigs |
| topic | Carob Pods Pigs Meat Quality Carcass Composition Fatty Acids |
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