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Different modes of food restriction and compensatory growth in double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls: animal performance, carcass and meat characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

J. L. Hornick ,
C. van Eenaeme ,
A. Clinquart ,
O. Gerard  and
L. Istasse
J. L. Hornick
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, B43
C. van Eenaeme
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, B43
A. Clinquart
Affiliation:
Department of Food Science (Meat Technology), B43 bis; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
O. Gerard
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, B43
L. Istasse
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, B43
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Abstract

Fifty double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls were divided into five groups. The first group (control, CG) was given, on an ad libitum basis, a fattening diet based on sugar-beet pulp. In G2 and G3, fattening was interrupted 103 and 187 days, respectively after the beginning of the experiment, by approximately a 2-month period of food restriction during which the animals received a maintenance ration. The last two groups, namely G4 and G5, received for about 4 months a limited amount of the restriction diet to support growth of 0·5 and 0 kg/day, respectively, before being fattened as CG. The average daily gain was 1·48 kg/day in CG v. 1·33, 1·30, 1·43 and 1·61 kg/day during the period of ad libitum feeding in G2, G3, G4 and G5. Higher nitrogen (N) balance during compensatory growth in G2, G4 and G5 (78·8, 81·0 and 74·6 v. 53·3 g N per day in CG, P < 0·001) resulted mainly from a higher efficiency of N retention. In G3, however, compensatory growth was characterized by lower N digestibility and efficiency of N retention. Muscle proportion in the carcass was higher in G3 while fat plus connective tissue proportion was lower (P < 0·05). Muscle pH values in CG were lower than in the other groups (P < 0·01) but ether extract values were higher. The intramuscular fat of G2 and G3 was characterized by higher proportions of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Keywords

Belgian Bluebullscarcass compositioncompensatory growthmeat qualitynitrogen balance
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Research Article
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Animal Science , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , December 1999 , pp. 563 - 572
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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