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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ab.22.0008

Supplementation of guanidinoacetic acid and rumen-protected methionine increased growth performance and meat quality of Tan lambs  

Zhang, Jian Hao (Departments of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University)
Li, Hai Hai (Departments of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University)
Zhang, Gui Jie (Departments of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University)
Zhang, Ying Hui (Evonik (China) Co., Ltd.)
Liu, Bo (Departments of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University)
Huang, Shuai (Departments of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University)
Guyader, Jessie (Evonik Operations GmbH)
Zhong, Rong Zhen (Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Animal Bioscience / v.35, no.10, 2022 , pp. 1556-1565 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: Tan lambs (n = 36, 3 mo old, 19.1±0.53 kg) were used to assess effects of dietary guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) and rumen-protected methionine (RPM) on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and serum parameters. Methods: Lambs were randomly assigned to three treatment groups, with 6 pens per group and 2 lambs per pen. Dietary treatments were: basal diet alone (I); basal diet supplemented with 0.08% GAA+0.06% RPM (II); and basal diet supplemented with 0.08% GAA+0.08% RPM (III). Diets were provided three times a day for 90 d. Intake per pen was recorded daily and individual lamb body weight (BW) was measured monthly. Carcass traits were measured after slaughter and meat quality at the end of the experiment, blood samples were taken on a subgroup of lambs for analysis of indicators mostly related to protein metabolism. Results: Final BW and average daily gain for the first and second month, and for the entire experiment were greater in Treatment II compared to Treatment I (p<0.05), whereas feed to gain ratio was lower (p<0.05). Treatment II had the optimal dressing percentage and net meat weight proportion, as well as crude protein and intramuscular fat concentrations in muscles. Treatment II improved meat quality, as indicated by the greater water holding capacity, pH after 45 min and 48 h, and lower shear force and cooking loss. Dietary supplementation of GAA and RPM also increased the meat color a* and b* values at 24 h. Finally, Treatment II increased total protein, and serum concentrations of albumin and creatinine, but decreased serum urea nitrogen concentrations, indicating improved protein efficiency. Conclusion: In this study, 0.08% GAA+0.06% RPM supplementation improved growth performance and meat quality of Tan lambs.
Keywords
Guanidinoacetic Acid; Meat Quality; Nitrogen; Rumen Protected Amino Acid; Sheep;
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