Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat
Animal feeding has a great impact on the management of beef farms, also affecting the nutritional properties of the meat. Therefore, in this study, the following two forage-to-concentrate ratios were tested on twenty farmed Podolian young bulls: high forage-to-concentrate (HF:C) ratio of 65:35 vs. l...
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| description | Animal feeding has a great impact on the management of beef farms, also affecting the nutritional properties of the meat. Therefore, in this study, the following two forage-to-concentrate ratios were tested on twenty farmed Podolian young bulls: high forage-to-concentrate (HF:C) ratio of 65:35 vs. low forage-to-concentrate (LF:C) ratio of 45:55. The fatty acid profile, bioactive compounds, α-tocopherol content, and oxidative stability were evaluated on <i>Longissimus thoracis</i> muscle vacuum-packaged and aged at 2 °C for 11 and 18 days, respectively. Feeding the highest forage-to-concentrate ratio improved the fatty acid profile by decreasing the saturated fatty acids (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and increasing the monounsaturated (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (<i>p</i> < 0.001). In particular, the percentages of linolenic acid (C18:3n-3), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA-C20:5n-3), DPA (C22:5n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA-C22:6n3) were significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.01) in the HF:C group than the LF:C group. The highest forage-to-concentrate ratio also increased the contents of bioactive compounds, such as creatine (<i>p</i> < 0.001), carnosine (<i>p</i> < 0.01), and anserine (<i>p</i> < 0.05). This study suggests that a diet composed of 65% forage may be a feasible strategy to enrich meat with healthy bioactive compounds. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3478e2bb201243c6a641e23e39de22ba2025-01-24T13:17:51ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152025-01-0115216610.3390/ani15020166Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of MeatRosaria Marino0Mariangela Caroprese1Antonella Santillo2Agostino Sevi3Marzia Albenzio4Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71121 Foggia, ItalyDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71121 Foggia, ItalyDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71121 Foggia, ItalyDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71121 Foggia, ItalyDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71121 Foggia, ItalyAnimal feeding has a great impact on the management of beef farms, also affecting the nutritional properties of the meat. Therefore, in this study, the following two forage-to-concentrate ratios were tested on twenty farmed Podolian young bulls: high forage-to-concentrate (HF:C) ratio of 65:35 vs. low forage-to-concentrate (LF:C) ratio of 45:55. The fatty acid profile, bioactive compounds, α-tocopherol content, and oxidative stability were evaluated on <i>Longissimus thoracis</i> muscle vacuum-packaged and aged at 2 °C for 11 and 18 days, respectively. Feeding the highest forage-to-concentrate ratio improved the fatty acid profile by decreasing the saturated fatty acids (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and increasing the monounsaturated (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (<i>p</i> < 0.001). In particular, the percentages of linolenic acid (C18:3n-3), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA-C20:5n-3), DPA (C22:5n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA-C22:6n3) were significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.01) in the HF:C group than the LF:C group. The highest forage-to-concentrate ratio also increased the contents of bioactive compounds, such as creatine (<i>p</i> < 0.001), carnosine (<i>p</i> < 0.01), and anserine (<i>p</i> < 0.05). This study suggests that a diet composed of 65% forage may be a feasible strategy to enrich meat with healthy bioactive compounds.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/2/166carnosinecreatinefatty acids profileforage-to-concentrate ratiooxidative stability Podolian meat |
| spellingShingle | Rosaria Marino Mariangela Caroprese Antonella Santillo Agostino Sevi Marzia Albenzio Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat Animals carnosine creatine fatty acids profile forage-to-concentrate ratio oxidative stability Podolian meat |
| title | Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat |
| title_full | Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat |
| title_short | Impact of Dietary-Forage-to-Concentrate Ratio on Podolian Young Bulls’ Performance and Nutritional Properties of Meat |
| title_sort | impact of dietary forage to concentrate ratio on podolian young bulls performance and nutritional properties of meat |
| topic | carnosine creatine fatty acids profile forage-to-concentrate ratio oxidative stability Podolian meat |
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