Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets

Distiller grains (DG), which are the by-product from the bioethanol industry, represent an interesting alternative as animal feedstock. To our knowledge, little information is available on the inclusion of DG on the quality of meat from pasture-fed heifers. Thus, the aim of the present study was to...

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Autores principales: Merayo, Manuela, Pighin, Darío Gabriel, Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel, Veggetti, Mariela Iris, Soteras, Trinidad, Chamorro, Verónica Celeste, Pazos, Adriana Alejandra, Grigioni, Gabriela Maria
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15659
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/10/1977
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13101977
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author Merayo, Manuela
Pighin, Darío Gabriel
Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel
Veggetti, Mariela Iris
Soteras, Trinidad
Chamorro, Verónica Celeste
Pazos, Adriana Alejandra
Grigioni, Gabriela Maria
author_browse Chamorro, Verónica Celeste
Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel
Grigioni, Gabriela Maria
Merayo, Manuela
Pazos, Adriana Alejandra
Pighin, Darío Gabriel
Soteras, Trinidad
Veggetti, Mariela Iris
author_facet Merayo, Manuela
Pighin, Darío Gabriel
Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel
Veggetti, Mariela Iris
Soteras, Trinidad
Chamorro, Verónica Celeste
Pazos, Adriana Alejandra
Grigioni, Gabriela Maria
author_sort Merayo, Manuela
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description Distiller grains (DG), which are the by-product from the bioethanol industry, represent an interesting alternative as animal feedstock. To our knowledge, little information is available on the inclusion of DG on the quality of meat from pasture-fed heifers. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of DG inclusion in pasture-based systems on the main meat quality attributes of Charolais x Aberdeen Angus heifers. For this purpose, meat from heifers fed with a pasture-based diet without supplementation (P) or with 0.75% of live weight DG supplementation (PDG; DG plus dry-rolled corn, 50:50) or with 0.75% of live weight dry-rolled corn supplementation (PRC) was evaluated. Physical (pH, WHC, color, texture), sensory and nutritional (fat content, fatty acid, and amino acid profile) attributes were evaluated in beef samples. No effect of supplementation was observed on meat pH or color (p > 0.05). Meat from PDG heifers showed higher values of WBSF than meat from P heifers (p = 0.039). However, the overall tenderness evaluated by trained panelists showed no differences due to supplementation (p > 0.05). Our results indicate that the inclusion of DG as a partial corn-replacement supplementation for heifers under grazing represents a strategic tool not only related to meat quality, but also as an alternative to reduce food–feed competition.
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spelling INTA156592023-10-25T10:34:15Z Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets Merayo, Manuela Pighin, Darío Gabriel Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel Veggetti, Mariela Iris Soteras, Trinidad Chamorro, Verónica Celeste Pazos, Adriana Alejandra Grigioni, Gabriela Maria Fatty Acids Amino Acids Tenderness Meat Meat Quality Beef Pasture Feeding Ácidos Grasos Aminoácidos Ternura Carne Calidad de la Carne Carne de Res Alimentación en Pastoreo Fatty Acid Profile Amino Acid Profile Sensorial Analysis Distiller grains (DG) Meat Color Perfil de Acidos Grasos Perfil de Aminoácidos Análisis Sensorial Granos de Destilería (GD) Color de la Carne Distiller grains (DG), which are the by-product from the bioethanol industry, represent an interesting alternative as animal feedstock. To our knowledge, little information is available on the inclusion of DG on the quality of meat from pasture-fed heifers. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of DG inclusion in pasture-based systems on the main meat quality attributes of Charolais x Aberdeen Angus heifers. For this purpose, meat from heifers fed with a pasture-based diet without supplementation (P) or with 0.75% of live weight DG supplementation (PDG; DG plus dry-rolled corn, 50:50) or with 0.75% of live weight dry-rolled corn supplementation (PRC) was evaluated. Physical (pH, WHC, color, texture), sensory and nutritional (fat content, fatty acid, and amino acid profile) attributes were evaluated in beef samples. No effect of supplementation was observed on meat pH or color (p > 0.05). Meat from PDG heifers showed higher values of WBSF than meat from P heifers (p = 0.039). However, the overall tenderness evaluated by trained panelists showed no differences due to supplementation (p > 0.05). Our results indicate that the inclusion of DG as a partial corn-replacement supplementation for heifers under grazing represents a strategic tool not only related to meat quality, but also as an alternative to reduce food–feed competition. Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos (ITA) Fil: Merayo, Manuela. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Río Negro (CIT Rio Negro); Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Río Negro (CIT Rio Negro); Argentina. Fil: Merayo, Manuela. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; Argentina. Fil: Pighin, Darío Gabriel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Pighin, Darío Gabriel. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Pighin, Darío Gabriel. Universidad de Morón. Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Informática y Ciencias Agroalimentarias; Argentina. Fil: Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina. Fil: Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel. Universidad de Morón (UM). Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Informática y Ciencias Agroalimentarias; Argentina. Fil: Veggetti, Mariela Iris. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Veggetti, Mariela Iris. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Soteras, Trinidad. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Soteras, Trinidad. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Chamorro, Verónica Celeste. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Chamorro, Verónica Celeste. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Pazos, Adriana Alejandra. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Pazos, Adriana Alejandra. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina. Fil: Pazos, Adriana Alejandra. Universidad de Morón (UM). Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Informática y Ciencias Agroalimentarias; Argentina. Fil: Grigioni, Gabriela María. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación Tecnología de Alimentos; Argentina. Fil: Grigioni, Gabriela Maria. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Sistemas Alimentarios Sustentables (ICyTeSAS) UEDD INTA-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Grigioni, Gabriela María. Universidad de Morón. Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Informática y Ciencias Agroalimentarias; Argentina. 2023-10-24T14:26:41Z 2023-10-24T14:26:41Z 2023-09-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15659 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/10/1977 2077-0472 https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13101977 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E7-I517-001, Calidad nutricional y sensorial de alimentos y aptitud tecnológica de materia prima asociada a sistemas y territorios productivos con foco en las demandas del consumidor info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf MDPI Agriculture 13 (10) : 1977. (2023).
spellingShingle Fatty Acids
Amino Acids
Tenderness
Meat
Meat Quality
Beef
Pasture Feeding
Ácidos Grasos
Aminoácidos
Ternura
Carne
Calidad de la Carne
Carne de Res
Alimentación en Pastoreo
Fatty Acid Profile
Amino Acid Profile
Sensorial Analysis
Distiller grains (DG)
Meat Color
Perfil de Acidos Grasos
Perfil de Aminoácidos
Análisis Sensorial
Granos de Destilería (GD)
Color de la Carne
Merayo, Manuela
Pighin, Darío Gabriel
Cunzolo, Sebastián Abel
Veggetti, Mariela Iris
Soteras, Trinidad
Chamorro, Verónica Celeste
Pazos, Adriana Alejandra
Grigioni, Gabriela Maria
Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets
title Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets
title_full Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets
title_fullStr Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets
title_full_unstemmed Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets
title_short Meat Quality Traits in Beef from Heifers: Effect of including Distiller Grains in Finishing Pasture-Based Diets
title_sort meat quality traits in beef from heifers effect of including distiller grains in finishing pasture based diets
topic Fatty Acids
Amino Acids
Tenderness
Meat
Meat Quality
Beef
Pasture Feeding
Ácidos Grasos
Aminoácidos
Ternura
Carne
Calidad de la Carne
Carne de Res
Alimentación en Pastoreo
Fatty Acid Profile
Amino Acid Profile
Sensorial Analysis
Distiller grains (DG)
Meat Color
Perfil de Acidos Grasos
Perfil de Aminoácidos
Análisis Sensorial
Granos de Destilería (GD)
Color de la Carne
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15659
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/10/1977
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13101977
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