Dietary beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl butyrate supplementation improves meat quality of Bama Xiang mini-pigs through manipulation of muscle fiber characteristics

Autor: Changbing Zheng, Shiyu Zhang, Yehui Duan, Fengna Li, Bo Song, Qiuping Guo, Jie Zheng, Lingyu Zhang, Guoqi Lian, Geyan Duan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Functional Foods, Vol 88, Iss , Pp 104885- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1756-4646
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2021.104885
Popis: To analyse the effects of dietary beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl butyrate (HMB) on meat quality, 32 Bama Xiang mini-pigs was selected and fed 1 of 4 diets for 60 days: HMB deficient group (0%, control), low, moderate, and high levels of HMB group (0.13%, 0.64%, 1.28%, respectively). We found quadratic effects for backfat thickness and lean percentage (P
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