Growth Performance, Rumen Fermentation, and Meat Quality of Finishing Lambs Supplemented with Calcium Propionate or Sodium Propionate
Lucero Abigail Velázquez-Cruz, Pedro Abel Hernández-García, Germán David Mendoza-Martínez, Enrique Espinosa-Ayala, Héctor Aarón Lee-Rangel, Gabriela Vázquez-Silva, Pablo Benjamín Razo-Ortíz, Cesar Díaz-Galván, José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna, María Eugenia de la Torre-Hernández · 2024
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Description
Lucero Velázquez-Cruz and co-authors fed finishing lambs two forms of a propionate supplement to see effects on growth, gut fermentation, and meat, in work published in 2024. Twenty seven young male lambs were split into three diet groups for the trial. One group got no supplement and the others got calcium or sodium forms.
Neither supplement changed growth, energy use, carcass traits, or meat quality. The sodium form raised dry matter digestibility and gut lactate levels. Gut acidity and main fermentation acids stayed level across groups. The authors conclude that at the dose used, these supplements offer no clear gain for finishing lambs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lucero Abigail Velázquez-Cruz, Pedro Abel Hernández-García, Germán David Mendoza-Martínez, Enrique Espinosa-Ayala, Héctor Aarón Lee-Rangel, Gabriela Vázquez-Silva, Pablo Benjamín Razo-Ortíz, Cesar Díaz-Galván, José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna, María Eugenia de la Torre-Hernández |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |