Ram lambs (n = 356) born to Romney ewes and sired by a range of straightbred or crossbred sires were evaluated for carcass composition and, for a subsample (n = 236), some meat quality characteristics over a period of 4 ...

We analysed the effect of enriched housing on the sensory meat quality and fatty acid composition of longissimus muscle in 60 entire Rasa Aragonesa lambs, housed indoors for 5 weeks in six pens (10 lambs/pen, 0.95 m2/lamb, ...

This review aims to summarize the relevant published information about the effects of extensive feeding systems on the carcass and meat quality characteristics of lambs. Lambs finished in a feedlot or with supplementation ...

Climate changes have increased soil and water salinity, compromising animal production especially in dry areas where scientists have become more interested in halophyte plants, like saltbush. The effects of saltbush hay ...

Meat consumers are nowadays more conscious about the effects of fatty acids on health, preferring meat with low saturated fat content and high levels of omega-3. Grass-fed ruminants have been shown to produce a more desirable ...

This experiment was carried out to compare the objective and subjective measurements of carcasses from 18 Corriedale and 18 Ile de France x Corriedale lambs, slaughtered at 30 to 32 kg LW. The lambs were weaned at 60 days ...

Merino lambs of 90 days of mean age (standard deviation - s.d. - 6 days) and 22.0. kg of mean live weight (s.d. 2.7. kg) were used to explore the effects of pre-slaughter stressors on physiological characteristics and meat ...

The effects of different dense phase carbon dioxide (DPCD) treatments were evaluated on technological parameters, physicochemical and textural properties and microbiological quality of lamb sausages. Sausages were prepared ...

Ram lambs (n = 356) born to Romney ewes and sired by a range of straightbred or crossbred sires were evaluated for carcass composition and, for a subsample (n = 236), some meat quality characteristics over a period of 4 ...