Effects of offering lupins/triticale and vetch/barley silages alone or in combination with grass silage on animal performance, meat quality and the fatty acid composition of lean meat from beef cattle

2018 ◽  
Vol 156 (8) ◽  
pp. 1005-1016
Author(s):  
P. C. Kennedy ◽  
L. E. R. Dawson ◽  
F. O. Lively ◽  
R. W. J. Steen ◽  
A. M. Fearon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Beef Steers ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
High Ammonia ◽  
Barley Silage

AbstractAn experiment was carried out to examine the effects of offering beef steers grass silage (GS) as the sole forage, lupins/triticale silage (LTS) as the sole forage, a mixture of LTS and GS at a ratio of 70:30 on a dry matter (DM) basis, vetch/barley silage (VBS) as the sole forage, a mixture of VBS and GS at a ratio of 70:30 on a DM basis, giving a total of five silage diets. Each of the five silage diets was supplemented with 2 and 5 kg of concentrates/head/day in a 5 × 2 factorial design to evaluate the five silages at two levels of concentrate intake and to examine possible interactions between silage type and concentrate intake. A total of 80 beef steers were used in the 122-day experiment. The GS was well preserved while the whole crop cereal/legume silages had high ammonia-nitrogen (N) concentrations, low lactic acid concentrations and low butyric acid concentrations For GS, LTS, LTS/GS, VBS and VBS/GS, respectively, silage DM intakes were 6.5, 7.0, 7.2, 6.1 and 6.6 (s.e.d.0.55) kg/day and live weight gains were 0.94, 0.72, 0.63, 0.65 and 0.73 (s.e.d.0.076) kg/day. Silage type did not affect carcass fatness, the colour or tenderness of meat or the fatty acid composition of the intramuscular fat in thelongissimus dorsimuscle.

Effects of offering grass silage alone or in combination with lupin/triticale, lupin/wheat or pea/oat whole-crop silages on animal performance, meat quality and fatty acid composition of beef from cattle offered two levels of concentrate

2018 ◽  
Vol 156 (8) ◽  
pp. 1017-1027 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Kennedy ◽  
L. E. R. Dawson ◽  
F. O. Lively ◽  
R. W. J. Steen ◽  
A. M. Fearon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Perennial Ryegrass ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
High Ammonia ◽  
Digestible Organic Matter

AbstractAn experiment was carried out to examine the effects of offering beef cattle five silage diets. These were perennial ryegrass silage (PRGS) as the sole forage, tall fescue/perennial ryegrass silage (FGS) as the sole forage, PRGS in a 50:50 ratio on a dry matter (DM) basis with lupin/triticale silage (LTS), lupin/wheat silage (LWS) and pea/oat silage (POS). Each of the five silage diets was supplemented with 4 and 7 kg of concentrates/head/day in a five silages × two concentrate intakes factorial design. A total of 90 cattle were used in the 121-day experiment. The grass silages were of medium digestibility and were well preserved. The legume/cereal silages had high ammonia N, high acetic acid, low lactic acid, low butyric acid and low digestible organic matter concentrations (542, 562 and 502 g/kg DM for LTS, LWS and POS, respectively). Silage treatment did not significantly affect liveweight gain, carcass gain, carcass characteristics, the instrumental assessment of meat quality or fatty acid composition of theM. longissimus dorsimuscle. In view of the low yields of the legume/cereal crops, it is concluded that the inclusion of spring-sown legume/cereal silages in the diets of beef cattle is unlikely to be advantageous.

scholarly journals Evaluation of feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, carcass retail cut distribution, Warner-Bratzler shear force, and fatty acid composition of purebred Jersey and crossbred Jersey steers

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1475-1491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerad R Jaborek ◽  
Henry N Zerby ◽  
Steven J Moeller ◽  
Francis L Fluharty ◽  
Alejandro E Relling
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Red Meat ◽  
Dry Matter Intake ◽  
Feedlot Performance ◽  
Meat Yield ◽  
Carcass Yield

AbstractFeedlot performance, carcass yield, fatty acid composition, and tenderness of crossbred Jersey steers compared with purebred Jersey steers was investigated. Purebred Jersey (n = 21) and crossbred Jersey steers sired by Angus (n = 9), SimAngus (n = 10), and Red Wagyu (n = 15) bulls were assessed. Adjusted to a common initial body weight (BW), crossbred Jersey steers had a greater rate of BW gain (P ≤ 0.01) compared with purebred Jersey steers. Angus sired steers had a greater daily dry matter intake (P ≤ 0.01) compared with Wagyu and Jersey sired steers, whereas SimAngus sired steers had a greater daily dry matter intake compared with Jersey sired steers. Wagyu sired steers were more feed efficient (P ≤ 0.03) compared with Jersey sired steers. Even with a greater (P ≤ 0.01) number of days on feed, off-test BW of purebred Jersey steers was less (P ≤ 0.01) compared with crossbred Jersey steers. Adjusted to a common hot carcass weight, Angus sired steers had a greater backfat thickness (P ≤ 0.01) compared with steers from the other sire breeds. Kidney fat percentage (P ≤ 0.01) was greatest for Jersey sired steers, with SimAngus and Wagyu sired steers being intermediate, and the lowest for Angus sired steers. Carcasses from Angus and Wagyu sired steers had a greater marbling score (P ≤ 0.03) compared with carcasses from Jersey sired steers. Carcasses from Wagyu sired steers had a greater (P ≤ 0.01) total red meat yield compared with Angus and Jersey sired steers, whereas SimAngus sired steers had a greater total red meat yield compared with Jersey sired steers. Carcasses from Angus sired steers tended (P = 0.07) to have a greater percentage of fat trim compared with Wagyu sired steer carcasses. There were no sire breed differences (P = 0.38) for the percentage of total bone from the carcasses. Tenderness, measured by Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF), was improved (P ≤ 0.01) with 14 d of postmortem aging compared with 7 d. Wagyu and SimAngus sired steers produced steaks with a lesser (P ≤ 0.01) WBSF compared with steaks from Angus and Jersey sired steers. Steaks from Angus sired steers tended (P = 0.10) to have a greater percentage of total lipid and had a greater (P ≤ 0.05) percentage of 16:0 compared with steaks from Jersey sired steers. Overall, crossbred Jersey steers improved economically relevant production parameters of feedlot performance, carcass quality, carcass yield, and instrumental predictors of eating quality compared with purebred Jersey steers.

scholarly journals Effect of diet and rumen development on the composition of adipose tissue triglycerides of the calf

1969 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Garton ◽  
W. R. H. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Stearic Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid Pattern ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Dietary Fatty Acids ◽  
Rumen Development

1. Samples of subcutaneous (inguinal) and perinephric adipose tissue were obtained, at slaughter, from each of twenty male calves. Three were neonatal animals, three were 3 days old and two were fed on reconstituted milk to appetite until they weighed 100 kg. The other twelve calves were given milk until they reached 50 kg live weight; concentrates were then included in the diet until, at 60 kg live weight, six calves were slaughtered. The remaining six calves were raised to 100 kg on concentrates alone. The weight of the empty reticulo-rumen of each slaughtered calf was recorded.2. The component fatty acids of the adipose tissue triglycerides of the neonatal and 3-day-old calves were very similar; about 80% consisted of oleic acid (18:1) and palmitic acid (16:0) and the remainder comprised stearic acid (18:0), palmitoleic acid (16:1) and myristic acid (14:0), together with very small amounts of other acids which, in the glycerides of the 3-day-old calves, included some evidently of colostral origin. The perinephric glycerides of both these groups of calves were somewhat more unsaturated than were those of subcutaneous adipose tissue.3. The continued consumption of milk by the calves slaughtered at 60 kg live weight was reflected in the presence of enhanced proportions of 14:0, 18:2, 17:0 and 17:1 in the depot triglycerides and, in addition, very small amounts of branched-chain acids and trans 18:1 were detected. A similar fatty acid pattern was observed in the triglycerides of the calves which were given milk only until they were 100 kg live weight. In all these calves only limited growth of the rumen took place.4. By contrast, the calves which were raised on solid feed from 60 kg to 100 kg and in which rumen development had taken place had depot triglycerides whose fatty acid composition resembled that found in adult animals. Increased proportions of stearic acid accompanied by relatively large amounts of trans 18:1 were present, evidently as a result of the assimilation of the products of bacterial modification of dietary fatty acids in the rumen.5. Regardless of the age of the calves and the over-all fatty acid composition of their tissue triglycerides, the intramolecular disposition of the fatty acids was similar in that saturated components were present esterified mainly in positions 1 and 3, and unsaturated acids for the most part in position 2; the only major exception to this distribution pattern was in respect of trans 18:1 which, when present, was preferentially esterified to the primary alcoholic groups of the glycerol moiety as if it were a saturated acid.

scholarly journals Artificial rearing of pigs

1973 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Braude ◽  
M. J. Newport
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Small Intestine ◽  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Beef Tallow ◽  
Coconut Oil ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Soya Bean

1. The butterfat in a whole-milk diet was replaced by either beef tallow, coconut oil or soya-bean oil. The diets contained 280 g fat and 720 g dried skim milk per kg and were supplemented with vitamins A, D, E and K.2. These diets were offered as a milk, containing 200 g solids/Kg, to pigs weaned at 2 d of age during a 26 d experiment. The pigs were fed at hourly intervals to a scale based on live weight (scale E).3. The performance of the pigs and the apparent digestibility of the dietary fats indicated that soya-bean oil was equal to butterfat. Butterfat was slightly superior to coconut oil and markedly superior to beef tallow.4. The amount and composition of the fatty acids were studied in the proximal, mid and distal portions of the small intestine. When the beef tallow diet was given there was an increased amount of total fatty acids in the digesta of the small intestine, mainly in the distal portion. The digesta contained the smallest quantity of fatty acids when the soya-bean oil diet was given. The fatty acid composition of the digesta indicated that the short- and medium chain fatty acids from all the diets were well utilized, but an increasing proportion of stearic acid occurred in the distal portion of the small intestine. The interpretation of changes in fatty acid composition in the digesta in relation to absorption is discussed.

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