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Fatty acid profile of muscles and adipose tissues of fat-tail Barbarine lambs as affected by rosemary residue intake
Yathreb Yagoubi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
University of Carthage, INRA-Tunisia, Animal and Forage Productions
Laboratory, 2049 Ariana, Tunisia
Samir Smeti
University of Carthage, INRA-Tunisia, Animal and Forage Productions
Laboratory, 2049 Ariana, Tunisia
Ilyes Mekki
University of Carthage, INRA-Tunisia, Animal and Forage Productions
Laboratory, 2049 Ariana, Tunisia
Juan Ramón Bertolín
Centro de Investigacion y Technologia Agroalimentaria (CITA) de
Aragón – IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza, Avda. Montañana, 930, 50059
Zaragoza, Spain
Guillermo Ripoll
Centro de Investigacion y Technologia Agroalimentaria (CITA) de
Aragón – IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza, Avda. Montañana, 930, 50059
Zaragoza, Spain
Margalida Joy
Centro de Investigacion y Technologia Agroalimentaria (CITA) de
Aragón – IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza, Avda. Montañana, 930, 50059
Zaragoza, Spain
Mokhtar Mahouachi
Ecole Supérieure d'agriculture du Kef, University of Jendouba, Le Kef, Tunisia
Naziha Atti
University of Carthage, INRA-Tunisia, Animal and Forage Productions
Laboratory, 2049 Ariana, Tunisia
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Witold Rant, Aurelia Radzik-Rant, Marcin Świątek, Roman Niżnikowski, Żaneta Szymańska, Magdalena Bednarczyk, Emil Orłowski, Anna Morales-Villavicencio, and Magdalena Ślęzak
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Short summary
Recently, consumers have been seeking natural and healthy products such as meat rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, beneficial for health with decreasing the saturated fatty acids. Then, to enhance the meat quality, some nutritional strategies were considered such as using the residues of aromatic and medicinal plants. Then, the use of rosemary residues in lamb feeding increased the polyunsaturated fatty acid, n-6 and n-3 contents and reduced the saturation index in muscles and adipose tissues.
Recently, consumers have been seeking natural and healthy products such as meat rich in...