Influence of dietary selenium source on growth performance, and carcass and meat quality characteristics in pigs

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Wolter ◽  
M. Ellis ◽  
F. K. McKeith ◽  
K. D. Miller ◽  
D. C. Mahan
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Sodium Selenite ◽  
Lumbar Vertebra ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Finishing Pigs ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Dietary Selenium ◽  
Organic Selenium

Inorganic (sodium selenite) and organic (selenium-enriched yeast) dietary selenium sources were compared in a performance study using 48 growing–finishing pigs. There was no effect of selenium source on growth and meat-quality traits. The organic selenium source reduced backfat thickness at the last lumbar vertebra, but not at other positions, and increased loin-eye area. Key words: Meat quality, pigs, selenium source

Effect of dietary leucine level on growth performance, and carcass and meat quality in finishing pigs

2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Hyun ◽  
M. Ellis ◽  
F. K. McKeith ◽  
D. H. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Soybean Meal ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Finishing Pigs ◽  
Feeding Period ◽  
Feeding Diets ◽  
Effect Of Feeding

The effect of feeding corn-soybean meal-based diets with two levels of supplemental leucine (0 vs. 2%) on growth, carcass, and pork quality characteristics was evaluated in 40 individually fed finishing pigs over a 39-d feeding period (78.4 ± 3.46 to 114.8 ± 7.30 kg liveweight). Supplemental dietary leucine reduced weight gain (8.7%; P < 0.05), but had no effect (P > 0.05) on feed intake or gain:feed ratio. Feeding diets with 2% supplemental leucine increased (P < 0.05) longissimus fat content and marbling scores in both barrows and gilts. Key words: Finishing pigs, dietary leucine, intramuscular fat

scholarly journals Effects of dietary organic selenium supplementation on selenium content, antioxidative status of muscles and meat quality of pigs

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 411-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bobček ◽  
R. Lahučký ◽  
J. Mrázová ◽  
R. Bobček ◽  
K. Novotná ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Selenium Concentration ◽  
Finishing Pigs ◽  
Antioxidative Status ◽  
Organic Selenium ◽  
Basic Diet ◽  
Fragmentation Index ◽  
Longissimus Lumborum ◽  
High Level

The effects of feeding a high level of organic selenium on the level of selenium, antioxidative status of m. longissimus lumborum et thoracis (MLLT) and m. semimembranosus (MSM) and meat quality of pigs (defined on malignant hyperthermia status, DNA based test) were investigated. Treatments consisted in supplementation of organic selenium (0.3 mg Se/kg diet) for the last 97 days to finishing pigs (basic diet with 0.18 mg Se/kg diet) before slaughter. MLLT was further examined for pH (45 min, 24 h), colour and conductivity (24 h), drip loss (48&nbsp;h) and myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI, 5 days). Chemical composition (protein, intramuscular fat) was also estimated. Concentration of Se (spectrofluorometric method) and antioxidative status (rate of oxidation by stimulation with Fe<sup>2+</sup>/ascorbate, production of malondialdehyde &ndash; MDA) were estimated in muscle samples obtained post mortem. The level of selenium was more than twice higher (P &lt; 0.05) in muscles from pigs treated with higher selenium than in controls (0.377 vs. 0.922 mg/kg &ndash; MLLT and 0.377 vs. 0.836 mg/kg &ndash; MSM). The rate of oxidation was positively (P &lt; 0.05) influenced by Se supplementation. Tendencies to lower drip losses were observed in MLLT of pigs supplemented with Se but the differences were not significant (P &gt; 0.05). We concluded that dietary organic Se supplementation (0.3 mg Se/kg diet) to basic diet (0.18 mg Se/kg diet) of finishing pigs significantly increased the selenium concentration and improved the antioxidative status of muscle tissue. &nbsp;

EFFECT OF DANTROLENE SODIUM ON PORK QUALITY FROM PIGS STUNNED BY CAPTIVE-BOLT

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. YANG ◽  
M. A. PRICE ◽  
F. X. AHERNE ◽  
Z. J. HAWRYSH
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Electric Shock ◽  
Muscle Relaxant ◽  
Biceps Femoris ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Pork Quality ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Dantrolene Sodium ◽  
Muscle Ph ◽  
Crossbred Pigs

Three groups, each consisting of six crossbred pigs weighing approximately 100 kg, were used to determine the effects of three preslaughter stunning methods on certain quality characteristics of the longissimus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris muscles. The three methods of stunning were captive-bolt, electric shock and oral dantrium (dantrolene sodium, a muscle relaxant) followed by captive-bolt. The three muscles were significantly different to each other in some of the quality traits, but the responses to treatments were similar in the three muscles. Without dantrium, captive-bolt stunning resulted in reduced muscle pH at 45 min postmortem and a greater water exudation in muscles at either 1 h or 24 h postmortem compared to electrically stunned pigs. Dantrium treatment followed by captive-bolt stunning eliminated these differences. Key words: Pigs, PSE, stunning, muscle relaxant, dantrolene

scholarly journals Efficacy of Se-enriched Alga Chlorella spp. and Se-enriched Yeast on Tissue Selenium Retention and Carcass Characteristics in Finisher Pigs

2009 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Svoboda ◽  
Alena Saláková ◽  
Zdeněk Fajt ◽  
Václav Kotrbáček ◽  
Radek Ficek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Muscle Tissue ◽  
Carcass Characteristics ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Finishing Pigs ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Tissue Selenium

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of organic Se from Se-enriched alga (Chlorella spp.) and Se from Se-enriched yeast on concentrations of Se in serum and tissues, and serum GSH-Px activities and carcass characteristics in finishing pigs. The pigs were on experimental diets for a period of 3 months before slaughter with different Se supplements at the concentration of 0.3 mg Se per kg of feed. In group I (n = 12) the feed was supplemented with inorganic sodium selenite; in group II (n = 12) with organic Se from Se-enriched yeast; in group III (n = 12) with organic Se from Se-enriched alga, Chlorella spp. and pigs in group IV (n = 11) received a non-supplemented basal diet. The organic Se sources did not differ in serum Se and serum GSH-Px activities. Significantly higher Se concentrations in muscle (P < 0.01) and in the heart (P < 0.01) were found when Se from Se-enriched yeast was given, compared to the group of pigs that received Se from Se-enriched alga Chlorella spp. The Se content in livers and ovaries did not differ between the two organic Se sources. The use of both organic Se forms resulted in a higher accumulation in muscle tissue compared to the inorganic Se form. No differences in meat quality characteristics were found among the experimental groups. It is concluded that Se from Se-enriched alga, Chlorella spp. had a lower accumulation in muscle tissue than Se from Se-enriched yeast, and it did not affect meat quality.

scholarly journals The Use of Selenium Enriched Enterococcus faecium as an Alternative Selenium Source for Growing-finishing Pigs

2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Svoboda ◽  
Zdeněk Fajt ◽  
Tomáš Baňoch ◽  
Josef Drábek ◽  
Alena Saláková
Keyword(s):  
Glutathione Peroxidase ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Muscle Tissue ◽  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Sodium Selenite ◽  
Similar Efficacy ◽  
Finishing Pigs ◽  
Yeast Concentration

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the feeding of selenium enriched Enterococcus faecium on selenium concentrations in muscle tissue and on meat quality indicators in finishing pigs. Groups of pigs fed Se-enriched E. faecium (n = 12), sodium selenite (n = 12) and Se-enriched yeast (n = 12) were used in the study. The tested feed mixtures were fed for a period of 3 months before the pigs were slaughtered. The selenium concentrations in muscle tissue achieved by the use of Se-enriched E. faecium were comparable to those achieved in sodium selenite diets and lower (p ≤ 0.05) compared to Se-enriched yeast. Concentration of Se in serum and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities did not differ in animals fed different Se forms. No differences in indices of meat quality were found among the groups. Se-enriched E. faecium bacteria can be recommended as an alternative selenium source for finisher pigs with the similar efficacy as sodium selenite.

Temporal changes in growth enhancement by ractopamine in pigs: performance aspects

1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
RD Sainz ◽  
YS Kim ◽  
FR Dunshea ◽  
RG Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Growth Enhancement ◽  
Finishing Pigs ◽  
Large White ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Total Weight Gain ◽  
Over Time

Ractopamine is a phenethanolamine with G-adrenergic agonist activity which stimulates growth in pigs. In order to test whether the growth-enhancing properties of ractopamine change over time, 40 Large White crossbred gilts (47.0 kg liveweight) were assigned to five treatment groups: CON, control diet for 6 weeks; RAC, ractopamine(20 mg/kg feed) for 6 weeks; C/R, CON for 3 weeks, then RAC for 3 weeks; R/C, RAC for 3 weeks, then CON for 3 weeks; ALT, CON for weeks 1, 3, and 5, and RAC in weeks 2, 4 and 6. The control diet was a commercial wheat and soy-based grower ration (13 MJ DE/kg, 16% crude protein, 0.9% lysine, 0.6 g available lysine/MJ DE); all pigs were fed 2.25 kg/day. Weekly measurements included body weight and P2 backfat (by ultrasound). Due to uncertainty about the data from the final week, results for weeks 1 to 3 and 3 to 5 are presented. Average daily gain (ADG) was increased by RAC (+16%) during the first 3 weeks, with no further improvement thereafter. C/R produced higher ADG (+21%) during weeks 3 to 5 compared with controls, and ALT tended to do the same (+12%, P < 0.10). Over the 5 week period, total weight gain was increased (P > 0.05) by RAC (+18%) and ALT (+15%), and tended to increase with C/R (+12%, P < 0.10) with no significant effect of R/C (+l0%, P > 0.05). There were no differences among groups in P2 backfat during the feeding period ( P > 0.05). With the exception of dressing percentage, which was increased by RAC, C/R and ALT ( P < 0.05), carcass and meat quality characteristics (carcass weight, P2 backfat, loin eye area, pH, colour, drip loss and protein solubilities) were unaffected by any of the treatments (P > 0.05). In conclusion, ractopamine stimulated growth in finishing pigs on restricted intakes; this effect diminished over time, and was more pronounced in older and heavier pigs. In addition, meat quality characteristics were unaffected.

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