title: Chemical and physical characteristics of lamb meat related to crossbreeding of Romanov ewes with Suffolk and Charollais sires.
abstract: The aim was to evaluate the effects of crossbreeding Romanov (RO) ewes with Suffolk (SF) and Charollais (CH) sires on the chemicophysical characteristics and FA profile of the Quadriceps femoris muscle (QFM) in lambs fattened under organic conditions. The experimental animals were male lamb twins of two different crossbreds; CH 50 RO 50 and SF 50 RO 50. Lambs were slaughtered at an average live weight of 31kg. CH 50 RO 50 displayed higher contents of dry matter and intramuscular fat of the QFM. A lower pH value of CH 50 RO 50 was reflected in an increase of WHC. Meat of SF 50 RO 50 lambs had more lightness (L*) and yellowness (b*). The CH 50 RO 50 genotype showed a significantly higher proportion of C18:3n-3cis and n-3 PUFA than the SF 50 RO 50 genotype. The genotype also affected the Δ(9)-desaturase (16) index.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuchtík
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zapletal
authors.forename: Květoslava
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Šustová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D003116:Color; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000032:analysis; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry; D058871:Organic Agriculture; D012756:Sheep; D013045:Species Specificity; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase; C029627:delta-9 fatty acid desaturase