Nutritional Quality of Meat from Barren Merino Ewes in Comparison to Meat from Traditional Lambs
In Spain, lamb consumption has decreased over the last few years. To increase farmers’ income, we studied the nutritional quality of the barren ewes’ meat in comparison to traditional lambs’ meat with 10 barren ewes, 10 male lambs, and 10 female lambs from the Merino breed. We measured the subcutane...
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| description | In Spain, lamb consumption has decreased over the last few years. To increase farmers’ income, we studied the nutritional quality of the barren ewes’ meat in comparison to traditional lambs’ meat with 10 barren ewes, 10 male lambs, and 10 female lambs from the Merino breed. We measured the subcutaneous fat, muscle color, and carcass tissue composition, as well as proximal composition, mineral, tocopherol, retinol, lutein, and cholesterol contents, and the TPA texture profile, fatty acid profile, and lipid oxidation of the meat. There was no effect of the animal type (males, females, and ewes) on the pH, and the differences in the subcutaneous fat color, lipid oxidation, and texture were irrelevant from a practical point of view. The tissue composition in the three groups of animals reflected a high percentage of saleable meat, with no penalty incurred for intensive fattening in any of the groups. The ewes’ meat presented a higher percentage of moisture, collagen, ash, calcium, iron, α-tocopherol, and retinol than the lambs’ meat. In addition, it had higher content of DHA and CLA and lower values for the ratio n6/n3, which is beneficial for health, although it also contained more fat, saturated fatty acids, and cholesterol than the lambs’ meat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2e67eb4032e4a1791b57db2fa60d5442023-11-19T07:46:57ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152023-08-011317275610.3390/ani13172756Nutritional Quality of Meat from Barren Merino Ewes in Comparison to Meat from Traditional LambsBegoña Panea0Guillermo Ripoll1María J. Alcalde2Animal Science Department, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragon (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainAnimal Science Department, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragon (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Agronomy, Universidad de Sevilla, Ctra. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Seville, SpainIn Spain, lamb consumption has decreased over the last few years. To increase farmers’ income, we studied the nutritional quality of the barren ewes’ meat in comparison to traditional lambs’ meat with 10 barren ewes, 10 male lambs, and 10 female lambs from the Merino breed. We measured the subcutaneous fat, muscle color, and carcass tissue composition, as well as proximal composition, mineral, tocopherol, retinol, lutein, and cholesterol contents, and the TPA texture profile, fatty acid profile, and lipid oxidation of the meat. There was no effect of the animal type (males, females, and ewes) on the pH, and the differences in the subcutaneous fat color, lipid oxidation, and texture were irrelevant from a practical point of view. The tissue composition in the three groups of animals reflected a high percentage of saleable meat, with no penalty incurred for intensive fattening in any of the groups. The ewes’ meat presented a higher percentage of moisture, collagen, ash, calcium, iron, α-tocopherol, and retinol than the lambs’ meat. In addition, it had higher content of DHA and CLA and lower values for the ratio n6/n3, which is beneficial for health, although it also contained more fat, saturated fatty acids, and cholesterol than the lambs’ meat.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/17/2756barren ewelambsex effectnutritional valuemeat quality |
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