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Effect of Genetic Crossing and Nutritional Management on the Mineral Composition of Carcass, Blood, Leather, and Viscera of Sheep

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The effect of genetic crossing and nutritional management on weight gain and the concentration of minerals and trace elements in the carcass, blood, leather, and viscera of sheep were evaluated. Several statistical strategies were used to evaluate the different elemental composition characteristics of pure breed animals, i.e., White Dorper (ODO), Ile de France (OIF), Texel (OTX), and Santa Inês (OSI), as well as their crossbreeds 1/2 White Dorper and 1/2 Santa Inês (ODS), 1/2 Ile de France, and 1/2 Santa Inês (OIS), 1/2 Texel × 1/2 Santa Inês (OTS). Three different diets were evaluated AL (ad libitum), R75, and R63 (75 and 63 g of dry matter/kg of the animal metabolic weight, respectively). Levels of Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, P, S, and Zn were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES). The concentration of inorganic elements in the different body components was not affected by the diet (P > 0.05), and OTX and OTS were the breeds with the highest weight gain. Random forest importance models demonstrated that Zn in the carcass, K, Ca, and Zn in blood, and K in leather are most associated with separating the different evaluated sheep’s breeds. Crossbreeding the native Santa Inês breed with sheep of exotic breeds produces animals well adapted to confinement.

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The authors would like to thank the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Finance code 001), the National Institute of Science and Applied Analytical Technologies (INCTAA), and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Wake Forest University for their support.

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The authors would like to thank the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development for the fellowship provided to J. M. H., A. B. S. S., and A.R.A.N. (CNPq, grants 141315/2017-2, 153125/2016-0, 409852/2018-0 and 308178/2018-1). We are also grateful to the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, grants 2018/26145-9 and 2011/51564-6).

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    Julymar M. Higuera, Ana Beatriz S. Silva, Sergio N. Esteves, Waldomiro Barioni Jr & Ana Rita A. Nogueira

  2. Group for Applied Instrumental Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, P.O. Box 676, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil

    Julymar M. Higuera & Ana Beatriz S. Silva

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Julymar M. Higuera: investigation, validation, writing- original draft preparation. Ana Beatriz S. Silva: investigation, formal analysis, writing- original draft preparation. Wignez Henrique: methodology, conceptualization. Sergio N. Esteves: conceptualization, visualization. Waldomiro Barioni Jr.: formal analysis. George L. Donati: formal analysis, resources. Ana Rita A. Nogueira: funding acquisition, supervision, writing- reviewing and editing.

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Higuera, J.M., Silva, A.B.S., Henrique, W. et al. Effect of Genetic Crossing and Nutritional Management on the Mineral Composition of Carcass, Blood, Leather, and Viscera of Sheep. Biol Trace Elem Res 199, 4133–4144 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02543-8

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