SciELO

Carcass characteristics, meat quality and composition of lambs finished in cultivated pastures

The experiment was conducted in accordance with the norms set forth by the Ethics Committee on Animals Use - CEUA/UFRN (approval no. 055/2016). The experiment was conducted in an area of the Research ...
SciELO

Effect of replacing corn with cactus pear on the performance and carcass traits and meat quality of feedlot finished lambs

Ground corn is one of the main energy feeds used in sheep diets, however, despite being widely used in the diet of monogastric and ruminants, it has a high cost. Among concentrate feeds, corn ...
Reuters

Brazil's JBS starts building lab-grown beef factory in Spain

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian meatpacker JBS said on Tuesday that its subsidiary BioTech Foods started construction in Spain on its first commercial-scale plant to produce lab-grown meat, which is ...
Frontiers

A Heptaplex PCR Assay for Molecular Traceability of Species Origin With High Efficiency and Practicality in Both Raw and Heat Processing Meat Materials

Frequent meat frauds have become a global issue because adulteration risks the food safety, breaches market rules, and even threatens public health. Multiplex PCR is considered to be a simple, fast, ...
Frontiers

Water for Domestic Ducks: The Benefits and Challenges in Commercial Production

Although we have been farming ducks for at least 4,000 years, with some accounts suggesting domestication having begun more than 38,000 years ago, there are still many unknowns for optimizing domestic ...