Approaches for the development of healthier meat
Host | Population (n) | Dosage | Feeding ingredient | Duration (d) | Objective | Result | Reference |
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Male pigs | 96 | 3% | Fish oil | 98 | Reduce fat and improve lipid profile | High quality meat with the highest content of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids | Almeida et al., 2021 |
Nelore bulls | 48 | 3% 2.5 mg/kg of dry matter 500 UI of vitamin E/kg |
Canola oil Selenium Vitamin E |
84 | Improve lipid profile | Increased unsaturated fatty acids and ω-3 and linoleic acid levels Decreased saturated fat Improved the ω-6/ω-3 ratio |
Correa et al., 2022 |
Nelore bovine | 63 | 0.3, 0.9, and 2.7 mg Se/kg of dry matter | Organic selenium | 84 | Increase mineral content of meat | Reduced thiobarbituric acid reactive substances Higher selenium concentration in meat |
Silva et al., 2020 |
Lambs | 48 | 10, 20, and 40 mg/kg of dry matter | Grape seed extract | 45 | Improve liver function, growth performance and meat quality in the longissimus dorsi muscle | Increased the total antioxidative capacity, catalase, glutathione per-oxidase, and superoxide dismutase activity in the longissimus dorsi muscle | Mu et al., 2020 |
Finishing pigs | 18 | 100 and 200 mg/kg | Lycopene | 70 | Improve meat quality | Increased muscle redness intramuscular fat, crude protein contents, and juiciness of pork after slaughter | Wen et al., 2022 |
Holstein-Friesian bulls | 24 | 20, 40 g/animal/d | Herbal extracts(optirum and stresomix) | 150 | Improve meat quality | Beneficial technological properties and sensory tenderness of longissimus lumborum muscles | Modzelewska-Kapituła et al., 2018 |
Angus steers | 24 | 150 g/kg | Grape pomace pulp | 90 | Extent shelf-life | Enhancement of antioxidant activity and reduction of coliforms, lipid, and protein oxidation | Tayengwa et al., 2020 |