Influence of almond hulls in lamb diets on animal performance and meat quality

Almond hulls (AH) were fed to lambs to study effects on performance and meat quality. Thirty Sarda lambs were allotted to three experimental groups and fed for 40 days either a cereal-based concentrate diet (control) or diets in which cereals were replaced with 15% (AH15) or 30% (AH30) almond hulls...

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Published in:Meat science 2022-10, Vol.192, p.108903-108903, Article 108903
Main Authors: Scerra, Manuel, Bognanno, Matteo, Foti, Francesco, Caparra, Pasquale, Cilione, Caterina, Mangano, Fabrizio, Natalello, Antonio, Chies, Luigi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Antioxidants
By-product
Fatty acids
Lipid oxidation
Phenolic compounds
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Summary:Almond hulls (AH) were fed to lambs to study effects on performance and meat quality. Thirty Sarda lambs were allotted to three experimental groups and fed for 40 days either a cereal-based concentrate diet (control) or diets in which cereals were replaced with 15% (AH15) or 30% (AH30) almond hulls on a DM basis. Diets did not affect final body weight, dry matter intake, average daily gain, feed conversion ratio or carcass weight. Replacing part of the cereal mix (i.e., barley and maize) with AH did not affect meat fatty acid profiles. After 5 and 7 days of refrigerated storage respectively for cooked and raw meat, AH15 and AH30 treatments reduced meat lipid oxidation (P 
ISSN:0309-1740
1873-4138
DOI:10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108903