Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T19:59:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-01-01; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Fundacao Araucaria; Context Natural additives have been studied to increase animal performance and the quality of meat as alternatives to the use of antibiotics. Aims The present work investigated the effects of an essential oil blend...
The study with crossbred heifers, finished in feedlot, fed with diets containing essential oils mix (oregano, garlic, lemon, rosemary, thyme, eucalyptus and sweet orange) was carried out to evaluate the effect on meat quality (chemical composition, water holding capacity and texture) and fat (lipid oxidation and fatty acid profile). Thirty animals (12 months-old and 219.8 kg) (½ Angus vs. ½ Nellore) were alloca...
This study evaluated the effects of diets composed by cottonseed hull and meat aging on carcass characteristics and meat quality from young bulls fed on a high-concentrate system. Thirty crossbred bulls were assigned in a complete randomized experimental factorial design with three diets (CH21: cottonseed hull 210 g kg-1on a DM basis, CH27: cottonseed hull 270 g kg-1on a DM basis and CH33: cottonseed hull 330 g...