Title
Influence of feeding system on Longissimus thoracis et lumborum volatile compounds of an Iberian local lamb breed
Date Issued
01 August 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Echegaray N.
DomÃnguez R.
Cadavez V.A.P.
Bermúdez R.
Pateiro M.
Lorenzo J.M.
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The chemical composition and volatile profile of the Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle of lambs reared in two distinct production systems (intensive and extensive) was evaluated. For this, sixty-six lambs for meat production of the autochthonous Gallega Iberian breed were raised with concentrate and grass in intensive (30 animals) and extensive (36 animals) system, respectively, until 4–4.5 months of age when they were slaughtered. Subsequently, Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscles were excised for the determination of chemical composition (moisture, intramuscular fat, protein, and ash percentages) and volatile substances. The aftermaths obtained evidenced that moisture (75.90% and 75.68%), intramuscular fat (1.68% and 1.76%), and protein (20.62% and 20.97%) contents were not significantly (P > 0.05) affected by the production system. However, the extensively-fed lambs displayed a higher ash content (1.35% vs. 1.24%). Additionally, the total volatile content was also not significantly (P > 0.05) influenced by feeding system. Despite this, the total content of hydrocarbons, acids, aldehydes, ketones, esters, ethers, furans, sulfur compounds, and others was significantly (P < 0.05) affected by diet, being the alcohol family the only group not influenced (P > 0.05) by the production system (1321.3 vs. 1211.3 AU × 104/g fresh muscle). Specifically, intensively-fed lambs showed significantly higher amounts for all volatile families apart from ketones (2215 vs. 2826 AU × 104/g fresh muscle) and sulfur compounds (22.7 vs. 123.7 AU × 104/g fresh muscle). In addition, benzyl alcohol and carbon disulfide were proposed as appropriate biomarkers for grass diets, while 1-butanone, 2-heptanone, and furan, 2-penthyl were indicated as suitable tracers for concentrate-based diets.
Volume
201
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas
BiotecnologÃa agrÃcola, BiotecnologÃa alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106325996
Source
Small Ruminant Research
ISSN of the container
09214488
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to EU ERA-NET program and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Acciones de Programación Conjunta Internacional, grant number PCIN-2017-053 ) for funding the project “EcoLamb–Holistic Production to Reduce the Ecological Footprint of Meat (SusAn/0002/2016). Authors would like to acknowledge to ConsellerÃa de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria (Xunta de Galicia) for granting Noemà Echegaray with a predoctoral scholarship (Grant number IN606A-2018/002 ). Rubén DomÃnguez, Roberto Bermúdez Mirian Pateiro and José M. Lorenzo are members of the HealthyMeat network, funded by CYTED (ref. 119RT0568). CIMO authors are grateful to FCT and FEDER under Program PT2020 for financial support to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020). Dr. Gonzales-Barron acknowledges the national funding by FCT, P.I., through the Institutional Scientific Employment Program contract.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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