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dc.contributor.authorGravador, Rufielyn S.
dc.contributor.authorPace, Elaine
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Bernard R.
dc.contributor.authorJaeger, Sara R.
dc.contributor.authorGkarane, Vasiliki
dc.contributor.authorFahey, Alan G.
dc.contributor.authorBrunton, Nigel P.
dc.contributor.authorClaffey, Noel A.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Paul
dc.contributor.authorDiskin, Michael G.
dc.contributor.authorMoloney, Aidan P
dc.contributor.authorFarmer, Linda J.
dc.contributor.authorMonahan, Frank J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-26T14:08:06Z
dc.date.available2020-05-26T14:08:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-20
dc.identifier.citationGravador, R., Pace, E., Mooney, B., Jaeger, S., Gkarane, V., Fahey, A., Brunton, N., Claffey, N., Allen, P., Diskin, M., Moloney, A., Farmer, L. and Monahan, F. (2018). A consumer study of the effect of castration and slaughter age of lambs on the sensory quality of meat. Small Ruminant Research, 169, 148-153. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.09.011en_US
dc.identifier.issn0921-4488
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/1901
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractMeat from ram lambs is often considered inferior to meat from castrated lambs, especially in older or heavier animals. This study aimed to determine if differences exist in the sensory quality and acceptability of meat from rams and castrates, slaughtered at mean ages of 196 or 385 days. Rams had higher average daily gain, feed conversion efficiency, total weight gain and lower carcass fatness than castrates. A triangle test (n = 81 consumers) showed a difference (P < 0.05) in the sensory quality of meat from rams vs castrates. A 9-point hedonic test involving 100 consumers showed that, although meat from both rams and castrates was ‘liked’, meat from castrates scored higher (P < 0.05) in Overall Liking, Flavour Liking and Tenderness Liking. Meat from castrates was also rated lower (P < 0.05) in Unpleasant Taste/Off-Flavour Intensity. Flavour Intensity and Unpleasant Taste/Off-Flavour Intensity increased (P < 0.05) with age at slaughter. This consumer study revealed that while meat from castrates was higher in Overall Liking, Flavour Liking and Tenderness Liking and lower in Unpleasant Taste/Off-Flavour Intensity than meat from rams, both meats were ‘liked’ by consumers.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSmall Ruminant Research;Vol. 169
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectAcceptabilityen_US
dc.subjectCastrateen_US
dc.subjectOff-flavouren_US
dc.subjectRamen_US
dc.subjectTriangle testen_US
dc.titleA consumer study of the effect of castration and slaughter age of lambs on the sensory quality of meaten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.embargo.terms2019-09-20en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.09.011
dc.contributor.sponsorTeagasc Walsh Fellowship programmeen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marineen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber2013058en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber11/SF/310en_US
dc.source.volume169
dc.source.beginpage148-153
refterms.dateFOA2019-09-20T00:00:00Z


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