Vitamin E and meat quality of lambs

• Grant number: 12/04998-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Angélica Simone Cravo Pereira
• Grantee: Beatriz Rodrigues Villas Boas
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to assess the meat quality of lambs subjected to the stress of transportation and check whether there is benefit in the prior administration of two doses of vitamin E. Will be used 21 lambs, male, crossbred Dorper/Santa Inês, with 75 days, in confinement. The animals will be slaughter, and boning and muscle sampling will be taken to sensorial analysis, shelf life, fatty profile, shelf life and water holding capacity. (AU)