ArticleAnimal bioscience2023
Indoor feeding combined with restricted grazing time improves body health, slaughter performance, and meat quality in Huang-huai sheep.
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- Effects of grazing and housing system on growth performance, serum indices, rumen fermentation parameters, and microbial community in Gangba sheep.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Application of the "Yuyang Muxin" Breeding Chip in Huang-Huai Sheep: A Six-Year Comprehensive Evaluation of Production and Meat Quality Traits.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Screening of Differentially Expressed Genes Related to Growth, Development and Meat Quality Traits of Huanghuai Sheep Based on RNA-Seq Technology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Multiomics insights into rumen microbiome and function in grazing lambs: implications for nutrient absorption and grassland sustainability.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Effect of Dietary Concentrate-to-Forage Ratios During the Cold Season on Slaughter Performance, Meat Quality, Rumen Fermentation and Gut Microbiota of Tibetan Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effects of Feeding Systems on the Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Meat Quality in Sheep: A Meta-Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- High-concentrate diet supplemented with hydrolysable tannin improves the slaughter performance, intestinal antioxidant ability and barrier function of fattening lambs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of three feeding systems, i.e., indoor feeding (CON), indoor feeding with 4-h daily access to grazing artificial pasture (ITGP), and indoor feeding with 8-h daily access to grazing artificial pasture (IEGP), on the plasma antioxidant and immunological capacity, slaughter characteristics, meat quality and economic efficiency of Huang-huai lambs.
methodsThirty-three healthy Huang-huai rams with similar body weight (approximately 5 mo of age, 28.96±1.01 kg) were assigned equally to three experimental groups. When finished fattening, six lambs from each group were collect blood samples for plasma analyses and then slaughtered to determine slaughter characteristics and obtain biceps brachii muscle for further analysis of meat quality and fatty acid profile.
resultsCompared to CON group, animals submitted to ITGP and IEGP groups resulted in greater contents of serum glutathione peroxidase, immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, and IgM), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-6 PUFA, and PUFA/saturated fatty acid (FA) ratio and lower palmitic /oleic acid ratio (p<0.05). Moreover, animals in ITGP group exhibited a higher (p<0.05) loin eye area, content of meat crude protein (CP), and eicosetrienoic acid compared to CON group, while slaughter performance was superior (p<0.05) to that of the IEGP group. The economic efficiency of ITGP group was 70.12% higher than that of CON group, while the IEGP group exhibited a decrease of 92.54% in economic efficiency compared to the CON group.
conclusionRestricted grazing time combined with indoor feeding was more effective in conferring superior body health, carcass traits and economic efficiency in Huang-huai lambs, as well as higher CP content and healthier FA composition in the resulting meat.
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