RT Journal Article
T1 Muscle lipid composition in bulls from 15 European breeds
A1 Sevane Fernández, Natalia
A1 Nute G, 
A1 Sañudo C, 
A1 Cortés Gardyn, Óscar
A1 Cañón Ferreras, Francisco Javier
A1 Williams JL, 
A1 Dunner Boxberger, Helene Susana
AB Cattle meat provides essential nutrients necessary for a balanced diet and health preservation. Besides nutritional quality, consumers' preferences are related to specific attributes such as tenderness, taste and flavour. The present study characterizes the fatty acid composition of beef, which is an important factor in both nutritional and quality values, in 15 European cattle breeds fed a similar diet and reared in five countries (United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain). The effect of possible slight differences on diet composition which might have occurred between countries were included in the breed effect which confounds country, diet, slaughter house and slaughter day as all individuals of a same breed were managed simultaneously. The wide range of breeds studied and the significant differences on lipid profile described here provide a broad characterization of beef meat, which allows giving a better response to the variety of consumers' preferences. Regarding meat health benefits, the groups that stand out are: the double-muscled animals, which displayed lower total fat, lower proportion of saturated (SFA) and monounsaturated (MUFA) fatty acids, and a higher proportion of polyunsaturated (PUFA) fatty acids; and Limousin and Charolais breeds with a significantly higher conversion of 18:3n-3 PUFA to the long chain 22:6n-3 PUFA.
PB ELSEVIER
SN 1871-1413
YR 2014
FD 2014-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92898
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92898
LA eng
NO Sevane N, Nute G, Sañudo C, Cortés O, Cañón J, Williams JL, Dunner S, the GemQual Consortium (2014) Muscle lipid composition in bulls from 15 European breeds. Livestock Science 160, 1–11.
NO EC grant QLK5 – CT2000-0147
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 jul 2024