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Meat production traits of a new sheep breed called Bafra in Turkey 2. Meat quality characteristics of lambs

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Meat quality characteristics of Bafra ram lambs slaughtered at different weights were investigated. A total of 24 lambs fattened intensively was slaughtered at four slaughter weights of 30, 35, 40, and 45 kg. Water-holding capacity, cooking loss, tenderness, color, as well as protein content did not vary significantly among the slaughter weight groups, although the 30-kg slaughter weight lambs displayed the greatest postmortem pH fall in musculus longissimus dorsi (P < 0.05). As slaughter weight increased, intramuscular fat of musculus longissimus dorsi showed an increasing nutritive value (P < 0.05), total unsaturated fatty acids/saturated fatty acids ratio (P < 0.05), and n6/n3 ratio (P < 0.05). However, atherogenic index and thrombogenic index values decreased with increasing slaughter weight, although this effect was not significant. The effect of slaughter weight on total cholesterol was not pronounced.

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This study was prepared from the senior author's Ph.D. thesis. The authors thank the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (project number: 106O581), Ankara University (project number: BIYEP 2005 K120140), and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Turkey for supporting this work.

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Yakan, A., Ünal, N. Meat production traits of a new sheep breed called Bafra in Turkey 2. Meat quality characteristics of lambs. Trop Anim Health Prod 42, 743–750 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-009-9482-9

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Keywords

  • Lamb
  • Meat quality
  • Slaughter weight
  • Breed