Influence of Maternal and Postweaning Linseed Dietary Supplementation on Growth Rate, Lipid Profile, and Meat Quality Traits of Light Sarda Lambs
Table 4
Effect of maternal and lamb postweaning diets on meat quality traits of light lamb meat.
Item
Maternal diet (M)
SEM
Postweaning diet (PW)
SEM
CTR
EL-10
EL-20
CTR
EL-10
EL-20
M × PW
pH, 15 min
6.64
6.68
6.59
0.04
6.61
6.62
6.68
0.05
0.384
pH, 24 h
5.98
5.98
5.94
0.01
5.97
5.94
6.00
0.02
0.139
Raw meat colour
43.28
43.74
44.79
0.67
42.56
45.44
43.82
0.78
0.174
23.02
22.90
22.99
0.46
23.15
22.14
23.61
0.54
0.243
6.44
6.47
6.68
0.24
6.43
6.38
6.79
0.29
0.489
Cooking loss (%)
25.15
24.44
24.66
0.77
24.70
25.36
24.20
0.91
0.683
WB shear force (N/cm2)
5.12
5.70
5.36
0.14
4.83
5.53
5.82
0.17
0.925
Protein (%)
19.86
18.46
19.12
0.36
19.41
18.94
19.09
0.41
0.962
Lipid (%)
3.06
3.23
2.96
0.14
3.11
3.02
3.11
0.16
0.483
Ash (%)
1.03
1.02
1.03
0.03
1.01
1.04
1.03
0.02
0.219
Cholesterol (mg/100 g)
53.56
51.81
58.37
3.15
52.69
59.55
51.49
3.47
0.246
CTR: diet without extruded linseed; EL-10: diet containing 100 g/kg of extruded linseed; EL-20: diet containing 200 g/kg of extruded linseed. Means with different superscript within the same row differ at .