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Effects of a Stair-step Growth Pattern on Improvements in Meat Quality and Growth in Hanwoo Steers  

Li, Z.H. (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Lee, H.G. (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University)
Xu, C.X. (Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine)
Hong, Z.S. (Department of Animal Science, Tianjin Agricultural College)
Jin, Y.C. (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Yin, J.L. (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Zhang, Q.K. (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Piao, D.C. (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Yang, U.M. (WooSung Feed. Co. Ltd.)
Choi, Y.J. (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.23, no.11, 2010 , pp. 1427-1435 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was conducted to examine the effect of a stair-stepped feed intake pattern on growth, feed efficiency, and meat quality of Hanwoo steers. Twenty-seven 11-month-old Hanwoo steers were randomly divided into three groups. The control group was fed according to the Korean steer feeding program, and the other two groups were fed according to an alternated feeding schedule of 3-2-4-2 months. During the first three months of the experiment, treatment group 1 (T1) and treatment group 2 (T2) were fed 20% and 30% less than the control group, respectively. For the following two months, the T1 group was fed 20% more than the control group while the T2 group was fed 20% less than the control group. In the third step, T1 and T2 groups were fed 20% and 10% less, respectively, than the control group for four months. In the last two months, T1 and T2 groups were fed 20% more than the control group. After the stair-step feeding trial, steers were fed concentrated feed ad libitum for five months. The altered feed intake pattern did not affect daily body weight gain. However, daily feed intake tended to decrease and growth efficiency tended to increase in the two treatment groups compared to the control group. Altered feed intake also affected blood metabolite levels. The serum glucose and BUN level of the T1 group increased in the first re-fed period compared to the T2 and control groups. The serum cholesterol level of the T2 group decreased in the first restricted-re-fed growth period compared to the T1 and control groups. The serum NEFA levels of the two treatment groups increased from the first restricted period compared to the controls. The serum insulin level of the T2 group increased in the last period compared to the T1 and control groups. Regarding meat yield index, the control group was significantly higher than the T2 group (p<0.05). Regarding meat yield grade, the carcass back fat thickness of the T2 group was significantly higher than the control group (p<0.05). In marbling score, the T1 group was the highest (4.9), followed by the control group (4.1) and the T2 group (4.0). These results indicate that using a stair-stepped growth pattern (T1) can contribute to improvements in growth efficiency and muscle marbling.
Keywords
Stair-step Growth Pattern; Growth Efficiency; Blood metabolites; Marbling Score; Hanwoo;
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