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Effects of dietary supplementation with organic selenium-enriched yeast on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing lambs

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This study was aimed to assess the impact-enriched Saccharomyces cerevisiae with organic selenium addition in finishing lambs on fatty acid composition and physicochemical meat characteristics. Eighteen five-month-old Pelibuey female lambs were fed the same diet for 60 days. Animals were assigned a completely random design of three treatments, control (Se0) without the addition of selenium-yeast or supplemented with 0.35 ppm of selenium-yeast (Se35) and with 0.60 ppm of selenium-yeast (Se60). Lambs were slaughtered at an average weight of 39.5 ± 4.41 kg. Feed intake and meat water holding capacity were decreased (P = 0.001) in Se35 lambs, whereas meat moisture and fat were decreased (P = 0.002) in Se60 lambs. However, meat carbohydrates were increased (P = 0.001) in Se60 lambs. It is concluded that consumption of selenium-yeast in lambs did not alter the productive variables nor the fatty acid composition, though, the fat content is lower, and the carbohydrates are higher in physicochemical meat characteristics.

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Acknowledgements

Authors would like to thankful Dr. M.J Adegbeye (Department of Animal production and Health, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria) for his help to revise the language and valuable recommendations during the publication process of this manuscript.

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We want to thank LFA Lesaffre for providing the selenium yeast for free. And we are grateful to the University Autonomous of State of Mexico for the facilities to do this research.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Laboratorio de Calidad de Productos Agropecuarios, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario el Cerrillo, Toluca, Mexico

    M. D. Mariezcurrena-Berasain & D. L. Pinzon-Martinez

  2. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario El Cerrillo, Toluca, Mexico

    M. A. Mariezcurrena-Berasain & A. Z. M. Salem

  3. Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Edafología y Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario El Cerrillo, Toluca, Mexico

    J. Lugo

  4. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico

    Y. Libien-Jiménez

  5. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México

    M. García-Fabila

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MDM, MAM, and YLJ conceived and designed the experiment; YLJ, MDM, and JL conducted the experiment; MDM and MAM supervised the experiment; JL, YLJ, and MGF sample analysis; MDM, and AZM prepared the manuscript. All Authors approved of the manuscript.

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Mariezcurrena-Berasain, M.D., Mariezcurrena-Berasain, M.A., Lugo, J. et al. Effects of dietary supplementation with organic selenium-enriched yeast on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing lambs. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 49 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02992-w

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