title: Effect of feeding diets containing barley, wheat and corn distillers dried grains with solubles on carcass traits and meat quality in growing rabbits.
abstract: The effect of dietary inclusion of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on carcass and meat quality of longissimus muscle was studied in 100 growing rabbits from 28 to 59days old. Diets with no DDGS (C), barley (Db20), wheat (Dw20) and corn (Dc20) DDGS at 20% and corn (Dc40) DDGS at 40% were formulated. No effects on most of the carcass traits, texture and water holding capacity were found. Barley and corn DDGS led to a higher dissectible fat percentage. Meat redness was higher with Dw20 and pH was higher with Dw20 and Db20 than with Dc20. Protein and saturated fatty acids concentration declined as corn DDGS level increased. Dc40 led to the lowest saturated/unsaturated fatty acid ratio, atherogenic index and thrombogenic index. In conclusion, dietary inclusion of these DDGS at 20% did not affect most of the carcass and meat quality traits in rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Avenida de la Cultura 733, Cusco, Peru.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alagón
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinarias, Universidad Técnica de Oruro, Avda. 6 de octubre 5715, Cas. Postal 9, Oruro, Bolivia.
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arce
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Animal (CITA-IVIA), Polígono de la Esperanza s/n, 12400 Segorbe, Spain.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ródenas
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Paredes
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cervera
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Animal (CITA-IVIA), Polígono de la Esperanza s/n, 12400 Segorbe, Spain. Electronic address: pascual_mde@gva.es.
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pascual
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D002523:Edible Grain; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D001467:Hordeum; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D011817:Rabbits; D014908:Triticum; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids
keywords: Carcass traits; DDGS; Distillers dried grains with solubles; Meat quality; Rabbits