Effect of Moringa oleifera foliage supplementation on carcass characteristics and meat quality in growing kids Tambe Maheshkumar B., Dutta Narayan*, Singh Putan, Wankhede Shital D., Aderao Ganesh N., Kaur Navneet, Jadhav Sunil E., Pattanaik Ashok K., Verma M.R.1 Centre for Advanced Faculty Training in Animal Nutrition ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, India 1LES Division, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar-243122, India *Corresponding author: dutta65@gmail.com
Online Published on 28 November, 2022. Abstract Tambe, M.B., Dutta, N., Singh, P., Wankhede, S.D., Aderao, G.N., Kaur, N., Jadhav, S.E., Pattanaik, A.K. and Verma, M.R. 2022. Effect of Moringa oleifera foliage supplementation on carcass characteristics and meat quality in growing kids. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 22: 563–574. The present study was conducted to ascertain the effect of moringa (Moringa oleifera) foliage supplementation on carcass characteristics and meat quality in goat kids. Rohilkhandi goat kids (18) of about 6monthold were randomly divided in 3 groups consisting 6 kids each in CRD. In control group (CONT), kids were offered total mixed diet (TMD) containing concentrate mixture and wheat straw; whereas, kids in CTD and MTD groups were given TMDs containing cowpea (25%) and moringa foliage (25%), respectively. All the three diets were iso-nitrogenous. A feeding cum growth trial carried out for a period of 150 days. The carcass characteristics in terms of pre-slaughter weight, carcass weight, carcass length, debled weight, empty body weight and dressing percentage (DP) % were analogous among the treatments. The weights of visceral organs namely lung, heart, kidney and spleen were also similar amongst treatment groups. However, liver weight was significantly (P<0.05) lower in CONT than MTD and CTD groups. The weight of wholesale cuts viz. shoulder and leg were significantly (P<0.05) higher in MTD as compared CONT group. Among the meat colours, redness (a*) was significantly (P<0.01) higher in MTD group than CONT and CTD. The cooking loss and thiobarbituric acid reacting substances (TBARS) value of meat was significantly (P<0.05) lower in MTD as compared to CONT group. The organoleptic scores of various attributes namely, appearance, odour and overall acceptability were comparable among the groups. However, colour and texture scores were significantly (P<0.05) improved in MTD as compared to CONT group. Hence, it can be concluded that supplementation of moringa foliage in total mixed diet improves the meat quality in growing kids. Top Keywords Carcass characteristics, Foliage, Kid, Meat quality, Moringa. Top |