title: The effect of fermented apple diet supplementation on the growth performance and meat quality in finishing pigs.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of fermented apple diet (FAD) supplementation on the growth performance and meat quality in finishing Berkshires. The FAD was made from dropped apple mixed with rice bran and barley bran. Until 81 +/- 1 kg live weight at 133 +/- 1 days, the animals were fed a growing diet, after which experimental samples were fixed at 0, 2, 4 and 6% FAD as C, T1, T2 and T3 in the finishing diets. Growth performance, ADG, ADFI and feed efficiency were improved in T1 than other groups. In carcass parameters, carcass weight was higher (P < 0.05) in T1 than in other groups. In meat quality, moisture and crude protein contents decreased (P < 0.05) by addition of FAD. pH(24) and WHC were higher (P < 0.05) in T1 than other groups. In sensory evaluation, marbling of fresh meat and tenderness, juiciness, flavor and overall acceptability of cooked meat were improved by the addition of FAD. According to the results of our experiment, FAD can be used for improvement of meat quality parameters.
authors.affiliation: Swine Research Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Dae
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hoi Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Sang Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chowdappa
authors.forename: Ji Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Young Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jun Cheol
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hong Kil
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: In Cheul
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D005285:Fermentation; D027845:Malus; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards*; D013552:Swine / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism