Abstract
Effects of dietary 0.6% activated carbon on pork quality were investigated with six pigs (Landrace ${\times}$ Large White ${\times}$ Duroc) that were randomly selected from uterine brothers. Three pigs, for control group, were fed with a commercial pig diet for 4 weeks before slaughter whereas the others were fed a diet added 0.6 % activated carbon for treatment group. Pork loin and belly cuts were collected at 24 hrs postmortem, and transfered to laboratory to measure quality characteristics. There were no significant differences in muscle pH and cooking loss % of pork loin and belly. Also there were no significant differences in adhesiveness, cohesiveness, gummness and brittleness between thed treatment and control. However, hardness and springiness of samples from the treatment were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of control. There were no significant differences in scores of aroma, color and off-flavor assessed by a penal test. Treatment group showed a significantly higher acceptability (p<0.05) compared to the control group. Samples of the treatment had higher concentrations of oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid, wheres samples of control showed a higher concentration of palmitic acid (p<0.05). Belly cuts of control group showed a significantly higher concentration of stearic acid compared to the treatment group. These results suggested that hardness, springiness and acceptability of pork could be improved, and concentration of unsaturated fat acid in pork muscle might be increased by dietary 0.6 % activated carbon.
본 연구는 돼지사료내 활성탄 첨가 급여가 돈육의 품질에 미치는 효과를 알아보고자 등심과 삼겹부위를 이용하여 일반성분, 조직적 특성, 관능적 특성 및 지방산을 분석하였다. 분석결과 활성탄 첨가급여로 인해 일반성분, pH, 가열감량에 있어서는 별다른 영향을 미치지 않았지만, 육의 기호성과 조직적 특성에는 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났는데, 특히 경도의 경우 활성탄 첨가구가 대조구에 비해 유의적으로(p<0.05) 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 지방산 분석결과, 등심부위의 palmitic acid 함량은 대조구가 활성탄 첨가급여구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 반면, oleic acid, linoleic acid 및 linolenic acid 함량은 활성탄 첨가급여구가 유의적으로(p<0.05) 높게 나타났다. 삼겹부위에서는 대조구가 활성탄 첨가급여구에 비해 stearic acid 함량이 유의적으로(p<0.05) 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 돼지사료내 활성탄을 첨가함으로써 돈육의 품질에 미치는 효과는 미미했으나, 지방산 조성에 있어서는 불포화 지방산의 함량이 증가하는 것으로 보아, 이에 대한 명확한 연구를 위해서는 조사두수의 확대와 급여수준에 대한 연구가 더 필요할 것으로 사료된다.
