Meat quality of fattening pigs fed yellow lupin-based diets

Abstract

Meat quality of fattening pigs fed yellow lupin-based diets. The 30 crossbred pigs [(Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc] were fattened in three-phase fattening period. In their nutrition as a source of protein was used soybean meal (Group C) or soybean meal and seeds of yellow lupine in the amount of 7.5% (Group E1) and 15% (Group E2). After achieving body weight of about 117.5 kg animals were slaughtered. The samples of musculus longissimus lumborum collected from all slaughtered pigs. Significant differences were found in drip loss percentage between groups C and E1 (P ≤0.05). As regards the fatty acids, there were lower proportions of C18:2 in group E1 vs C (P ≤0.05) and of C18:2 and C20:4 in group E2 vs C (P ≤0.01). Differences in PUFA percentage, PUFA/SFA ratio, and proportion of n-6 fatty acids were significant, with lower values of the traits in group E1 vs C (P ≤0.05) and in group E2 vs C (P ≤0.01), which shows that the dietetic value of pork has slightly deteriorated. The chemical composition and the physical parameters of the meat samples were normal and at a similar level in all