Sheep fed sugarcane-based diets: Insights into productivity, carcass traits, longissimus muscle, and milk quality - A meta-analysis

Sheep fed sugarcane-based diets: Insights into productivity, carcass traits, longissimus muscle, and milk quality - A meta-analysis | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Sheep fed sugarcane-based diets: Insights into productivity, carcass traits, longissimus muscle, and milk quality - A meta-analysis Sadarman Sadarman, Rizki Amalia Nurfitriani, Amirul Faiz Mohd Azmi, and 15 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4133897/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This meta-analysis summarizes the effects of incorporating sugarcane or its by-products into the diet of sheep from various aspects including productivity, carcass characteristics, meat quality of the longissimus muscle, and milk quality. Study differences were defined as random factors while fixed factors accounted for the levels of sugarcane supplementation in the sheep diet. The analysis also examined differences in categorical factors such as sugarcane form (whole, top leaves, bagasse, and residue) and pretreatment methods (untreated, hydrolyzed, and ensiled). Adding sugarcane to the sheep diet showed a significant increase in average daily weight gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) ( P < 0.05). However, there was a significant decrease in hot carcass weight (HCW), cold carcass weight (CCW), and dressing percentage (DP) ( P < 0.05). Color variables, such as redness (a*) and brightness (L*), of sheep meat were higher when fed a sugarcane-based diet provided in the form of whole plant ( P < 0.05). Moreover, there was a significant decrease in lactose and protein concentrations in sheep milk ( P < 0.05) after feeding a sugarcane-based diet. Overall, sugarcane supplementation showed some benefits in sheep productivity variables, but it did not yield the expected results in maintaining carcass characteristics, longissimus muscle, and milk quality. Carcass traits Longissimus muscle Milk quality Sheep Sugarcane Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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