Title: | Effect of posttransportation grazing on the physiological condition and meat quality traits of Black Bengal goats |
Author(s): | Salahuddin M; Azad MAK; Das SK; Hossain MM; Hasan MN; Hiramatsu K; |
Address: | "Department of Animal Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Laboratory of Animal Functional Anatomy (LAFA), Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Kami-ina, Nagano, Japan. Department of Anatomy and Histology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1740-0929 (Electronic) 1344-3941 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "This study was designed to reveal the role of posttransportation grazing on the physiological condition and meat quality traits of Black Bengal goats. Twenty-four castrated male Black Bengal goats were divided into a control (untransported) group and three treated groups: Walking and Transportation with Human Interference group (WTHI) (30 min walking before 6 hr transport and then 30 min walking with human interference), posttransportation grazing for 48 hr (PTG1), and posttransportation grazing for 72 hr (PTG2). The WTHI and PTG1 groups had a significant reduction in their blood concentrations of tri-iodothyronine (T(3) ) and thyroxine (T(4) ), and a significantly higher neutrophil and lymphocyte (N:L) ratio compared with those of the control group. Blood concentrations of T(3) and T(4) and the N:L ratio of PTG2 returned to the control level after 72 hr of grazing. The final pH and water-holding capacity values of meat were significantly higher in the WTHI group than in the control group, but those in the PTG2 group returned to the control level after 72 hr of grazing. These results demonstrate that posttransportation grazing for 72 hr is effective for recovering from damage induced by transportation stress" |
Keywords: | "Animals Body Water *Food Quality Goats/*metabolism/*physiology Herbivory/*physiology Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Lymphocytes Male *Meat/analysis Neutrophils Stress, Physiological/*physiology Thyroxine/blood Time Factors *Transportation Triiodothyronine/ana;" |
Notes: | "MedlineSalahuddin, Md Azad, Md Abul Kalam Das, Shonkor Kumar Hossain, Mohammad Mujaffar Hasan, Md Nazmul Hiramatsu, Kohzy eng 2016/22/AU-GC/Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System/ Australia 2018/12/18 Anim Sci J. 2019 Feb; 90(2):264-270. doi: 10.1111/asj.13150. Epub 2018 Dec 16" |