Food and Nutrition Sciences

Volume 5, Issue 7 (March 2014)

ISSN Print: 2157-944X   ISSN Online: 2157-9458

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Effect of the Type of Pasture on the Meat Characteristics of Chilote Lambs

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DOI: 10.4236/fns.2014.57075    5,242 Downloads   7,077 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

Chilote sheep are a native breed from Chiloé Archipelago in the southern Chile. They are descendants from sheep originally introduced by the Spaniards in the 1600s, and then evolved in a harsh environment in relative isolation from the continent. There is little information about the quality of the meat of the Chilote lambs (Ch). The objective of this study was to compare the quality of Ch lamb meat with two types of marginal pastures. The two treatments were: 1) Ch lambs, naturalized grassland (n = 13) and 2) Ch lambs, rangeland (n = 11). Rangeland is composed of both grasses and native shrubs. All lambs were kept with their mothers until slaughter at 90 days of age. Instrumental color, shear force, pH levels, and chemical and fatty acid content were analyzed. The pasture type did affect the results, given that Ch lambs fed on naturalized pasture had a lower shear force and higher intramuscular fat levels whereas Ch lambs fed on rangeland pasture showed higher percentages of n-3, n-6 fatty acids and Polyunsaturated fatty acids. However, the concentrations of fatty acids were similar in both groups. The results indicated some evidences that the type of pasture of Chiloe archipelago confers specific differences of quality that could form the basis to generate a premium product.

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Ramírez-Retamal, J. , Morales, R. , Martínez, M. and Barra, R. (2014) Effect of the Type of Pasture on the Meat Characteristics of Chilote Lambs. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 5, 635-644. doi: 10.4236/fns.2014.57075.

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